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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 26 , 1019 
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Alternates, Like Milking With Hands 
“ We are milking 12 cows in 
20 minutes, they give more 
milk than by hand ” 
Justus B. Cooley, 
Morenci, Mich. 
Abscess 
I have two horses that stand side by 
side. One has a swelling as large as a 
dinner plate on top of shoulder, I think 
it is fistula, not broken. Now the other 
horse has the same bunch, only more on 
top of neck. Is that contagious? What 
causes it? What is best to do? Do you 
advise treatment on a good oldish horse? 
New York w. F. A. 
Fistula of the withers is not contagious, 
but is caused by bruising or biting or rub¬ 
bing or badly fitting or rough, dirty har¬ 
ness. If pus does not form the knife 
should not be used, but an abscess must 
be opened for liberation of pus. The 
swelling is hot and painful when pus is 
present, and becomes soft when ready to 
lance. Better have a qualified veterina¬ 
rian examine the horses and operate it he 
finds that necessary. If you are sure that 
pus is not present, keep cold wet com¬ 
presses or packs upon the swellings and 
once daily rub in veterinary iodex. 
the mare will drink plenty of water, 
which should be soft. It would also be 
well to have her clipped. Twice daily 
rub in some 10 per cent iodine vasogen 
or petrogen. If that does not suffice, 
clip off the hair and rub in a little oleate 
or mercury every other day. a. s. a. • 
Death of Pig 
I had a pig die recently very suddenly. 
I found blood in lower intestines. I’ig 
weighed about fiO lbs. 1 feed equal 
parts middlings, oats, and ear corn ground 
fine, all they will clean up. three times 
a day; slop, one-third milk skimmed, two- 
thirds water. Day before I gave them, 
eight in number, 10 qts. wood ashes. Could 
there have been something in ashes? 
Could you explain case and probable 
cause? s.w. a. 
Pennsylvania. 
Change the feed, as both eobmeal and 
unscreened ground oats irritate the 
bowels. Substitute wheat middlings, 
ground barley or rye and flaxseed meal in 
slop made up with milk. Add raw lin¬ 
seed oil if there is a tendency to consti¬ 
pation. A deadly contagious disease 
known as hemorrhagic septicemia also 
causes bleeding from the bowels, and it 
is incurable. A. S. A. 
Lameness 
My mare is lame in the left hind foot; 
she lost the shoe from the same foot by 
drawing hard. Veterinarian examined 
her and said that the trouble is with her 
stifle. lie blistered her stifle three times. 
It did not help her at all. The doctor- 
said I should not work her; I should 
give rest. I keep her in a box stall. 
Does she need a little exercise on ac¬ 
count of being in foal? I.. z. 
New York. 
The veterinarian who examined the 
mare should, of course, be best able to 
locate the seat of the lameness, but we 
strongly suspect that the injury was to 
the coffin joint in the foot, or to the 
pastern or fetlock joint. It might be 
well to clip the hair from the hoofhead 
and from-there up over the fetlock joint 
and apply a blister to those parts. Mean¬ 
while walking exercise may be given 
daily if the mare is not very lame. Feed 
little grain and keep the bowels active 
as she is in foal. A. S. A. 
Obstructed Teat 
We have a heifer that freshened March 
2G. Three teats milked easily, but the 
left front one is very hard to draw the 
milk from; could get no milk at all at 
first, but by persistent effort have suc¬ 
ceeded in getting a thin stream. If is not 
sore and the milk is not thick, and seems 
to have about same amount of milk as 
other teats; had no trouble in inserting 
a knitting needle. The left near teat is 
easily milked. Have greased udder with 
lard. Can you give me some directions 
for treating this cow? J. E. M. 
Pennsylvania. 
A sterilized teat duct dilator should be 
used to increase the caliber of the open¬ 
ing in the teat, or a clean teat plug may 
be left in the teat between milkings. If 
the obstruction is high up in the teat such 
treatment will not help, but an operation 
might succeed, if a growth is the cause. 
It would have to be removed through an 
opening made in the wall of the teat, an 
operation requiring the skill of a trained 
surgeon. In some cases of this sort it is? 
found best to allow a calf to nurse or to 
dry off the milk secretion in the affected 
quarter. 
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the fortune of war?” “I don’t know ex¬ 
actly. my son,” replied his father; '‘you'll 
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Australasian. 
Cowpox; Ringworm 
1. My cows last Fall had some kind of 
disease; their udder and teats broks out 
with little red spots, and then formed a 
yellow pus; later sores dried up, leaving 
little scabs. Some of them had only three 
or four places about the size of a 25-cent 
piece on the udder, where the teats jflined. 
These places seem to be hard, at first 
bluish with yellow pus in the center; 
later a large, dry scab. 2. Also my calves 
have had something come on their eyes; 
it is dry and scaly. I have used soap and 
water to remove scales, then applied 
iodine, which has cured them, but more of 
them take it. Is there anything to stop 
this, or does it have to go through them 
all? Is there any cure for the cows, as 
there is one not affected last year, that 
has been fresh about a month and her 
udder is broken out with pimples now. 
New Mexico. b. k. c. 
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Eczematous Sore 
Last Spring, just before one of my 
cows freshened, I noticed a large black 
scab on udder, forward of near front teat, 
and anticipated lots of trouble in milk¬ 
ing when she came in, but much to my 
fern-prise she made no fuss whatever. 
After freshening it seemed to take a 
diagonal course and lodged just forward 
of other front teat, but did not amount to 
much. There did not appear to be any 
swelling and neither of them came to a 
head, the scab yielding to treatment, 
would drop off and a new one form. Dur¬ 
ing the Summer it apparently disappeared, 
although I would find, occasionally, what 
appeared parts of the scab in the hair, 
which I supposed had simply caught in 
it. It has broken out again this Spring 
same way and in same position, only 
worse. There is a little swelling and 
flesh inclined to be dark-colored, but it 
does not come to a head. Sometimes cow 
acts as if it was a little sore. _ M ill you 
give me your opinion of it. with sugges¬ 
tion for treatment? s. .t. c. 
Maine. 
Such sores are not uncommon in dairy 
cows, and in many instances have a foul 
odor. Sometimes they occur between the 
udder and leg or between the halves of 
the udder and may be due to rubbing, 
but the exact cause is unknown. In mild 
cases beuzoated oxide of zinc ointment 
freely applied twice daily proves reme¬ 
dial,' but in chronic and obstinate cases 
we have found 10 per cent oleate of 
mercury the best application. Rub it in 
once daily and do not wash the affected- 
parts. 
Sores on Cow 
should be isolated and milked by one who 
does not handle the other cows. The dis¬ 
ease is carried from cow to cow by the 
milker’s hands, and must run its course. 
Treatment consists in soaking the teats 
for five minutes twice daily in a saturated 
solution of boric acid, then gently wiping 
dry and applying glycerite of tannin or a 
mixture of one part of compound tincture 
of benzoin and three parts of‘ glycerine. 
To the larger, obstinate sores, apply strong- 
iodine ointment twice daily. 2. Ring¬ 
worm also is contagious, being caused by 
a vegetable parasite, so it is necessary to 
isolate affected animals and cleanse, disin¬ 
fect and whitewash the stable and all rub¬ 
bing places,'and have the stable light and 
perfectly ventilated. The ringworm veg¬ 
etable parasite grows on damp walls and 
woodwork, as well as the skin. 
Urinary Trouble; Enlarged Knee 
A mare recently bought has been used 
on heavy teaming around construction 
work. I find that her kidneys are in veri- 
bad shape. She will try several times to 
urinate and then only passes a little water 
of a highly colored slimy nature. She is 
about 12 years old and in a run-down con¬ 
dition. She also has a large joint on 
front knee, due, the owner says, to falling 
down and getting it fast in the railroad 
track; the lump seems quite soft and 
does not seem to bother her much. Would 
rubbing it with linment do any good? 
Ohio. c. w. L. 
A qualified veterinarian should be 
asked to examine the bladder, as it may 
contain a stone or gravel, which should 
be removed. Meanwhile, give one dram 
of boric acid in the feed night and morn¬ 
ing. and allow access to rock salt so that 
I have a cow (Holstein) that freshened | 
March 0. Iler udder caked 10 days pre- 
vious. I called in a veterinarian and he 1 
had me bathe it in warm water and mas- I 
sage with raw linseed oil. After she fresh- j 
ened she seemed all right, but the udder ; 
got worse, so I called another veterinarian. 
He gave me a lotion to rub in and some 
pills. I have used up that stuff, but it 
did not relieve her any. so I gave her a lit¬ 
tle poke root several times. In about 12 
days the swelling was gone; .sores came 
on her udder and on her hind legs and 
tail (especially on her milk veins). I have 
used hot water and iodine; am feeding 
mixed Alfalfa hay, corn fodder, mangels 
and turnips, bran and cornmeal. She is 
milking 20 quarts a day. Cow getting 
very thin and losing appetite; has diarr¬ 
hoea. lias constant thirst. F. J. F. 
New York. 
The cow may have had an unusually 
virulent attack of cow pox. but such large 
sores, on various parts of the body are 
more likely to result from absorption of 
poisonous matter from the udder or an 
abscess. 'Swab each sore every other day 
with tincture, of iodine and on other days 
apply beuzoated oxide of zinc ointment 
freely. Give her half an ounce of Fow¬ 
ler’s solution of arsenic in feed twice 
dailv for a week and then three times a 
day until sores dry up, when the medi¬ 
cine should be gradually discontinued, tak¬ 
ing a week or more to the process. As 
soon as possible let her live on grass 
alone. 
Ailing Animals 
Answered by Dr. A. S. Alexander 
1. Cowpox affects the cows and is. con¬ 
tagious, so that each attacked animal 
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