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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 18, 1919 
Ailing Animals 
sorbent cotton and clean bandages. Re¬ 
new the dressing once daily. A new hoof 
grows on in time, provided the horn- 
secreting tissues are healthy. A. s. A. 
cise the horse every day and if possible 
allow him a roomy box stall when in the 
stable. Rub the legs and then bandage 
with flannel from foot to hocks each time 
he comes in. A. s. a. 
Contracted Hoofs 
I have a 12-year-old mare with con¬ 
tracted fe.et, making her quite lame. Can 
anything be done for a cure? E. S. S. 
New York. 
Have the hoofs leveled, but never let 
the horseshoer cut away any of the sole or 
frog other than the dead parts which are 
shelling off, nor rasp the walls. The frog 
probably has contracted until it does not 
come in contact with the ground, which it 
ought to do. Twice daily, for an hour, 
soak the foot in soft water, then dry and 
apply any simple greasy hoof-dressing, or 
keep cold wet swabs upon the hoof-heads. 
Continue this treatment for a month and 
then clip the hair from the hoof-heads and 
blister them, one at a time, if the horn is 
not growing down normally. It requires 
a year or a little more to grow down a 
new hoof. A. S. A. 
Pin Worms 
I have a horse badly affected with 
small white worms at the rectum. These 
worms are about two or three inches 
long. Could you give me a remedy for 
them? E. H. h. 
Pennsylvania. 
Inject into the rectum on three conse¬ 
cutive evenings two or three quarts of 
lukewarm water and a cupful of decoc¬ 
tion of tobacco made by steeping tobacco 
stems or leaves in boiling water and 
allowing it to stand covered for 12 hours 
before straining for use. Or inject a de¬ 
coction of four ormce6 of quassia powder 
or chips to the gallon of boiling water, 
made in the same way as the tobacco 
“tea.” Use the solutions lukewarm. 
A. S. A. 
Hard Milker 
I have a two-year-old Jersey heifer 
which freshened two weeks ago, and for 
the last two or three days she milks so 
hard out of one hind teat we can hardly 
milk her; there seems to be a hard bunch 
in the end of the teat. Is there anything 
I can do to save the teat? She is giving 
eight quarts of milk to a milking. 
New York. R. w. B. 
Dilate the milk duct several times a 
day by means of a sterilized dilator of 
the glove stretcher pattern, and if a 
thorough use of this does not suffice have 
a veterinarian slit down through the ob¬ 
struction by means of a sterilized teat 
bistoury; then strip away a little milk 
several times daily during the healing 
process. A fresh, smooth clove makes a 
serviceable teat plug when the top of the 
teat is sore and forms a scab between 
milking. Try it. A. s. A. 
Copperas for Worms 
I went to the drug store recently for 
copperas and sulphur to mix with salt 
for worms in horses, and the druggist 
tc|d ;me of a man who had lost three 
horses by using this mixture as advised 
in The R. N.-Y. I have used it with 
satisfaction ever since I have kept horses. 
Is there any danger in feeding this mix¬ 
ture, or equal parts of salt, sulphur and 
copperas as directed so often? This man 
says that they wrote Cornell about it, 
and they said something about liberating 
free arsenic which killed the horses. 
New York. H. c. 
The dose of powdered copperas (sul¬ 
phate of iron) is at least one dram for 
an adult horse, while sulphur may be 
given in two to four-dram doses and salt 
freely. The mixture of equal parts by 
weight of powdered copperas, salt and 
sulphur has been given in tablespoonful 
doses by hundreds of people without any 
ill effect, and it is fairly destructive to 
worms. We should not hesitate to give 
it to our own horses. It cannot generate 
arsenic. If you fear the copperas give 
the salt and sulphur alone, or give an 
even dram each of copperas and sulphur 
by weight and two drams of salt at one 
dose. But do not give it to mares in 
foal. We always have advised against 
that, as it possibly may cause abortion. 
Neither should the full dose be given to a 
colt. The dose has to be reduced accord¬ 
ing to the age and size of the horse. 
A. S. A. 
Nasal Gleet 
I have a horse that cot what I sun- 
posed was the distemper last Spring, and 
he seemed to get partly over it. but ever 
since that time has had a discharge from 
one side of his nose. This keens running 
a little almost all the time, and part of 
the time smells verv offensively. I have 
been looking in a veterinary book, and 
believe my horse has what is called nasal 
gleet. Can you give me a sure cure for it? 
Pennsylvania. p. t. j. 
The term “nasal gleet” merelv means 
chronic discharge from the nostrils. The 
probable cause of the discharge described 
is a diseased molar tooth in the uDDer 
jaw, and you should have a trained vet- 
erinarian remove it bv trephining:, after 
which special treatment will have to be 
given. As glanders is a possibility, the 
veterinarian will, of course, make a care¬ 
ful examination before giving treatment. 
Chronic catarrh, with a collection of pus 
in a sinus, may cause similar symptoms 
and also would necessitate trephining. 
Home treatment will do no good. 
a. s. A. 
Cat with Catarrh 
We have a cat that seems to have a 
cold; coughs quite a lot and acts as if 
there was something in his throat, which 
makes it quite difficult at times for him to 
breathe. He has been like this for about 
five months. He has a good appetite and 
is not thin. What is the trouble? 
New York. mbs. w. g. k. 
This cat mav be afflicted with chronic 
catarrh, but as tuberculosis is a possi¬ 
bility, we should not feel justified in pre¬ 
scribing and would advise you to have a 
qualified veterinarian examine the animal. 
Meanwhile, keep it away from children. 
ASA 
Fouls 
I have a valuable cow, worth $1,000, 
that has an advanced case of foul or 
footrot. In the past I always cured it 
with a creolin solution or iodine and 
vaseline. On this present case I am 
using the following: After washing the 
foot with hot water with a little creolin 
mixed in, I first paint it with perman¬ 
ganate of potash, then I put a mixture of 
powdered iodide of mercury and blue 
vitrol on the raw spot, and cover this 
with a poultice. The foot does not get 
any worse and neither does it improve. 
Can you give me any advice on this case? 
A physician recommended calomel and 
cornstarch to be used as a powder, 
sprinkled on the wound. What do you 
think of it? What do you think of using 
nitrate of silver, or nitric acid? Would 
a flaxseed poultice do If it could be kept 
on? Does it work when cold? If the 
hoof would rot off, would it grow on 
again? E. M. z. 
New York. 
Cleanse the foot and apply a warm flax¬ 
seed poultice night and morning for two 
days; then cleanse again and cut away 
every scrap of loose, rotten or under-run 
horn of the wall. Afterward immerse the 
foot for two or three minutes in a solu¬ 
tion of two ounces of sulphate of copper 
in a pint of hot water. Then cover the 
sore parts with a mixture of one part each 
of subnitrate of bismuth and calomel and 
six parts of boric acid, covered with ab- 
Mammitis; Scours 
1. My cow’s udder caked, and we used 
hot brine and then rubbed linseed oil on. 
but there are still two hard lumDS in one 
side of the hind teat. Each lump is as big 
as a goose egg. Can you tell me what the 
matter is, and what to do for her to cure 
it? Is the milk good? It looks nice and 
rich, but the cream or milk never sours; if 
I keep the cream a week it gets rancid and 
bitter, but not sour. 2. Also have three 
calves about five months old. and thev 
keep poor and thin all the time. They 
eat well; have no milk. I give them bran, 
calf meal and cornmeal. all dry. but thev 
have scoured verv badlv. What can I get 
for them, and how feed them? J. F. 
Michigan. 
1. As the udder mav be afflicted with 
tuberculosis, have the cow tested with tu¬ 
berculin. Do not use the milk unless the 
cow is proved free from tuberculosis. 
Meanwhile, rub iodine ointment into the 
hardened parts of the udder once dailv. 
2. Keep the calves off pasture. Stop feed¬ 
ing bran and allow boiled milk, whole 
oats and a little flaxseed meal along with 
fine clover hay. If scouring continues, 
give a dose of castor oil in milk and then 
give triple sulpho-carbolate tablets twice 
daily under direction of a veterinarian. 
A R A 
Chronic Indigestion 
I have a horse about 15 years old. He 
is troubled with constipation. In the 
Winter when not doing much he has had 
two sick spells of stoppage of the bowels. 
Hie legs stock up at night, but it goes 
down when working. What treatment 
would you advise? G. E. B. 
Pennsylvania. 
Have the horse’s teeth put in order by 
a veterinarian. If the hair is long and 
rough and the horse sweats in the stable 
clip it from the legs above knees and 
hocks and from the belly to a line with 
the straps of breast collar and breeching. 
Allow free access to rock salt. Give the 
drinking water before feeding. Allow 
carrots or some sound corn silage and 
make wheat bran a part of the ration. 
If a month of this treatment does not 
change conditions and constipation per¬ 
sists dissolve two tablesoonfuls glauber 
salts in hot water and add it to the 
drinking water once only until the 
bowels become relaxed. Work or exer- 
Worms - 
Can you tell me what is the matter 
with my colt? It is 3^ months old and 
has been weaned about six weeks; has 
done well until the past 10 days, when it 
has got very poor; coat is rough and rubs 
tail. I have tried to find lice, but can¬ 
not; thought it must be worms. Would 
you give some medicine as for an older 
horse ? T. E. B. 
New York. 
Blood worms probably are present and 
they often kill a colt, as they sap the 
blood, and there is no certain remedy. 
The worms are small, blunt at one end 
like a tiny shingle nail and pink or red 
in color. They may be found by washing 
the frneces through cheesecloth. Feed 
generously of crushed oats, wheat bran, 
oil meal, milk and clover hay. Twice 
daily in the feed mix a teaspoonful of a 
mixture of two parts of salt and one 
part each of powdered copperas and sul¬ 
phur. Continue for a week, then stop 
for 10 days, and then give as before. 
A. S. A. 
Lameness 
Will you give me the exact symptoms 
of spavin lameness, as in the case of hid¬ 
den 6pavin? Wherein does it differ from 
hip-joint lameness? Will a blind spavin, 
if not too severe, cease to cause lame¬ 
ness after a while in a young horse? 
New York. E. E. 
Lameness due to an apparent or hidden 
(occult) spavin is most apparent when 
the horse is made to “stand over” in his 
stall. He warms out of the lameness 
after trotting a few rods and becomes as 
lame as ever when rested. The toe of 
the shoe is worn down. Hip lameness is 
continuous and the heels of the shoe may 
be worn down. To test for spavin lame¬ 
ness have the horse led out by halter and 
instruct the attendant to trot the animal 
forward the moment the hind foot of the 
suspected leg is dropped after having 
been held up for a few minutes to tightly 
shut the hock joint. If a spavin is 
present the horse will go intensely lame 
for some distance and much lamer than 
before the test. There is no probability 
that an occult spavin will cease to cause 
lameness. Lameness from such a cause 
is chronic, tends to become worse and 
often proves incurable. A. s. A. 
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