JShe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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AILING ANIMALS 
Partial Paralysis 
I had a last Snrincr lamb that eot. sick 
and all that I could do for her did not 
give relief. Her back seemed to be par¬ 
alyzed, and she keeps her head held back 
over her shoulders. Her leas became stiff. 
Can you tell me what was the cause of it. 
and what causes such cases in sheep? I 
have had a number of such cases: the 
sheep live from three days to a week after 
becoming affected. B. K. n. 
We suspect that gadfly grubs in the 
ainuses of the head are the cause of the 
symptoms described, and intestinal worms 
may also be present. There is no remedy 
for grubs in the head, but they may be 
prevented by keeping pine tar daubed j 
upon the noses of sheep in fly time in ; 
Summer. If another lamb dies have a care- ' 
ful examination made b.v the veterinarian. ! 
A. s. A. 
Hemorrhagic Septicemia 
What was it that killed our eight- 
months-old calf? At morning feed the 
calf would not eat, acted as if she was 
thirsty, but did not drink freely. Next 
day her throat from the roots of her 
tongue down to her mouth between the 
jawbones was swollen up; tongue and 
throat kept swelling till the tongue was 
black, and on the sides looked like blood 
settling under the skin. Her nose bled 
and she coughed and expelled matter and 
blood. She died that, afternoon. Could 
you tell me what ailed her, and if it ie 
contagious among cattle we would be glad 
to know. We are disinfecting every place 
we know she went, and have put the cows 
in another pasture and away from the 
barn. A. T. 
New York. 
The calf died of a malignant contagious 
disease, and a qualified veterinarian 
should have been called in at once to de¬ 
termine whether it was hemorrhagic sep¬ 
ticemia or anthrax. It might be either 
one, but hemorrhagic septicemia would 
be the more likely of the two. There is 
no cure, hut vaccination is possible 
against both diseases. Blackleg is some¬ 
what similar, but the animal does not 
bleed from the nose and the swelling 
crackles when handled, as gas is present 
under the skin. A. s. a. 
Indigestion 
Will you tell me what to do with my 
pigs? I have six pigs three months old. I 
have been feeding them sweet corn which 
was frosted just before it was matured. 
Before I fed the sugar corn I fed mid- 
* dlings and hominy, but I could not get 
feed of any kind from the mills and fed 
all sugar corn. I husked the corn and the 
pigs ate it all up greedily. They are all 
affected the same way; ears drooping and 
hardly any use of their hind parts; will 
not eat; sometimes lie on side and kick all 
four feet for a few minutes, then seem 
better after one of these spasms. Very 
little cough. We think it is indigestion. 
Do you think the soft sugar corn is the 
cause, and can you tell me a remedy? 
Pennsylvania. j. j. n. 
The soft corn no doubt is causing de¬ 
rangement of the digestive organs. Fits 
are a common symptom, and loss of pow¬ 
er of the hind legs often results. The 
pigs should be allowed free range on pas¬ 
tures and meadows and allowed Alfalfa 
or clover hay and milk, in addition to 
other ground feed, such as wheat mid¬ 
dlings, shelled corn and digester tankage 
from self-feeders. A. s. A. 
WORMS ? 
F EEDING wormy animals is wasting food. They eat 
more but they do not thrive. 
Every farmer wants to be up to the limit of production 
now while the hungry world is calling for food. 
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Make every pound of feed you feed do its whole duty. 
Drive out the worms and condition your stock for 
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Condition your cows for calving by feeding Dr. Hess 
Stock Tonic before freshing. Then feed it regularly to in¬ 
crease the flow of milk. It lengthens the milking period. 
It means healthy, thrifty animals free from worms. It contains 
Tonics to improve the appetite, Laxatives for the bowels, Vermifuges 
to expel worms, Aids for digestion, Ingredients which have a favor¬ 
able action on the liver and kidneys. 
The dealer in your town will sell you Dr. Hess Stock Tonic ac¬ 
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is claimed. Buy 2 lbs. for each average hog, 5 lbs. for each horse, 
cow or steer, to start with. Feed as directed and see how your 
animals thrive. 
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Except in the far West, South and Canada. 
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Fistula 
I have a good eoven-year-old horse that 
has a fistula. At times it looks better, 
but is not cured. What would you recom¬ 
mend for treatment? T. M. 
You do not state the location of the 
fistula or describe the conditions present, 
but assume it involves the withers and is 
characterized by a swelling containing 
pipes and opening from which pus dis¬ 
charges. If so you will have to employ a 
veterinarian to freely open the abscess, 
remove dead or diseased cartilage or other 
tissue, and secure drainage from each pipe 
and pocket. Then he will swab the wound 
with tincture of iodine and pack the cav¬ 
ities full of antiseptic gauze or oakum 
saturated with a stimulating and disin¬ 
fecting solution. He may also give hypo¬ 
dermic treatment with a bacteriu. If you 
cannot employ a veterinarian, use a pro¬ 
prietary fistula remedy according to di¬ 
rections given by the maker. a. s. a. 
Tonic for Horses 
Some years ago I saw in one of your 
papers a tonic for horses. My farmer 
likes it very much. I have the ingre¬ 
dients: Ginger, nux vomica, iron, salt¬ 
petre, gentian. I have mislaid formula, 
so do not know quantity of each. Will 
you send me quantities? mrs. m. ii. c. 
Mix together equal quantities, by 
weight, of powdered saltpetre, copperas 
(sulphate of iron), nux vomica, gentian 
root and fenugreek, and of this give an 
adult horse half an ounce (one table- 
Bpoonful) in dampened feed night and 
morning for two weeks. Omit iron for a 
pregnant mare and increase other ingre¬ 
dients except nux. Colts take less doses, 
according to age and size. This is an ex¬ 
cellent tonic, but will not take the place 
of plenty of sound whole oats, wheat bran, 
ear corn }md good hay. a. s. a. 
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