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AILING ANIMALS 
Answered by Dr. A. S. Alexander 
Ropy Milk 
A young Guernsey cow that freshened 
about two months ago gives a fair moss 
of milk, looks healthy and acts contented. 
She is on pasture and no grain. Her milk 
when sweet and fresh looks like other 
milk, and flavor is all right, but when 
it sours it is hard and stringy, and if it 
stands a few hours after souring it be¬ 
comes separated, the curd in ropy rolls, 
and the whey like slime. Could you tell 
me the cause, and is there a cure? 
Vermont. A. \v. 
Bacteria in the milk utensils cause this 
condition of milk and cream. Sometimes 
the source of the bacteria is the washing 
water, or dust in the air of the setting 
place. Often it is a difficult matter to 
determine the source of contamination, 
but it must be found and removed. Per- 
feetly scald, cleanse and sun-dry the milk 
vessels. Use a little hypochlorite of soda 
in the washing water. Set the milk in a 
different, clean, well-ventilated place. 
Cleanse the teats before milking and 
strain the milk through cotton. Scrupu¬ 
lous cleanliness should end the trouble. 
In some cases garget may be the cause, 
so it would be well to set. a sample from 
each quarter in a separate vessel to see 
if any quarter is affected. 
Silage Not Responsible 
Is there anything in the idea that silage 
rots out cows’ teeth in about three or four 
years? Some have that notion. 
Michigan. o. i>. N. 
No. Hundreds of thousands of farmers 
are using silage every day, and certainly 
would not do so were it injurious in any 
way. The incisor teeth of every adult 
cow are loose in their sockets. That is 
necessary to prevent them from cutting 
the cartilaginous hard plate of the upper 
jaw. which takes tlie place of incisor 
teeth in that jaw. For the same reason 
the incisors of cows are shovel-shaped and 
directed forward, not upward. Silage 
from green corn is too acid and might 
do harm. Modern silage is made from 
dented corn and is palatable and bene¬ 
ficial in every way. The only trouble 
about silage that we can think of is that 
one rarely has enough of it left from 
Winter for use in late Summer, when 
pastures tend to dry out; also that not 
all farmers yet have been wise enough 
to build silos on their farms. 
Paralysis 
I have a pig about 10 weeks old that 
can’t walk on hind legs, but can get around 
quite fast on front, dragging hind part. 
Before it got lame il was in pen. had all 
the sour separator milk it would eat. I 
put pig in pasture about two weeks ago ; 
does not seem to improve. One side is 
worse than the other now. _ Is there any¬ 
thing that can be done for it? ». 1’. R. 
New York. 
If the pig is in fit. flesh better slaughter 
it for the meat, which may be used if no 
serious disease is found present. In such 
cases the bones arc affected.with rickets, 
and sometimes one of them is found frac¬ 
tured. When this is not the case the 
paralysis may have been induced by con¬ 
stipation, from overfeeding and lack of 
exercise Rickets is an indication of mal¬ 
nutrition or iuc unpleto nutrition. It is 
rare omong pigs that are fed mixed 
ration and made to take plenty of out- 
doc r exercise on green pasture. Alfalfa 
or •lover made 2f> per cent of the ration 
of sows and pigs, and digester tankage J 
fro n five to 10 per cent given from a 
self-feeder, help* greatly in preventing 
cases such as you describe. 
Scurfy Pigs 
M.v pigs have a little scaly scurf and 
I would like to find out wlmt to do for it 
and what might be the cause. c. K. n. 
Michigan. 
If the pigs are white in color sunscald 
would be a likely cause of the condition 
you describe. It comes when pigs have 
been pasturing rank, wet growths of green 
rape, clover or Alfalfa and then running 
in the hot sun. Rape is the worst of¬ 
fender. Washing the affected pig with 
fresh buttermilk often proves effective. 
If not due to the cause mentioned it 
probably has been caused by wet and 
tilth, and where that is the case the pigs 
should be dipped in a solution of coal tar 
dip made according to directions given by 
the manufacturer. Meanwhile keep them 
out of green crops, mud, filth or oUl bog 
wallows. 
Shrink in Milk 
Is there a weed or shrub that cows eat 
that causes them to drink less water than 
they require, and to give less and less 
milk? Would water containing iron have 
this effect? A. N. s. 
Connecticut, 
Chestnut, blossoms have been blamed 
for causing shrink in milk and we know 
that the eating of oak leaves may have 
the same effect. Water strongly impreg¬ 
nated with iron might have a shrinking 
effect, but we have never known of a 
case of that sort. It would be interest¬ 
ing to have the matter tested by giving 
The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
one fresh cow the iron-impregnated water 
and another fresh cow ordinary drinking 
water for an entire season, noting the re¬ 
sults. Take the matter up with the dairy 
authorities of the agricultural experiment 
station of your State. 
Mammitis 
I have a young cow, a good milker, 
but the milk from one teat is something 
like condensed milk and sometimes like 
yellow water. Can you tell me what I 
can do? f. G. 
Delaware. 
The affected quarter is diseased from 
garget (mammitis or inflammation of the 
mammary gland), and will not be likely 
to regain its lost function of sound milk 
production. If the cow has been tested 
and found to be free from tuberculosis 
the milk from the sound quarters may be 
used, but we should not care to use it 
unless such a test, lias been made, for 
the reason that tuberculosis of the udder 
may cause gust such a condition as you 
describe. It would be best to dry off all 
secretion in the affected quarter. 
Summer Itch 
I bought a light road horse seveu years 
old last Spring. I used him for several 
months to cart four cans of milk seven 
miles to town, four times a week. Al¬ 
though I fed him as much as my heavy 
work horses, he kept ou getting poor. I 
consulted a veterinarian about him and 
he advised me that the horse had a sour 
stomach. lie gave me medicine, which 
did not show any improvement. I only 
use the horse occasionally now. He is 
very lifeless, goes to town quite well, but 
is all exhausted on his way home, having 
to stop about every five minutes to rest. 
There are spots on his body, especially 
along his neck, where the hair is all out, 
and small blisters come and go. These 
itch him very much. An old neighbor ad¬ 
vised me to give the horse sulphate of 
soda iu feed twice daily, and to spray his 
body with a disinfectant daily. I would 
appreciate any advice you can give me iu 
this matter. M. E. 
New York. 
Clip the horse at once and then wash 
the affected parts of the skin with a 1-100 
solution of coal tar dip. Repeat the ap¬ 
plication once a week, as long as needed. 
Night and morning give half an ounce of 
Fowler’s solution of arsenic for a week, 
then increase to three such doses a day. 
When no longer needed, gradually discon¬ 
tinue the medicine, taking at least 10 
days to the process. Feed whole or 
crushed oats, wheat bran or good hay, 
but no corn or grass. 
Scours 
One of two pigs T am raising, (1% 
months old. got the scours about three 
weeks ago. which today is no better. Can 
you suggest a remedy? The surroundings 
are good, under shade trees, aud clean. 
September 1.3, 1010 
Feed consists of equal parts ground oats, 
white wheat middlings and eornmeal. with 
5 per cent tankage and a pinch of ground 
bone, three times daily. Mineral mixture 
before them all the time. a. p. s. 
New Jersey. 
Feed the affected pigs milk, middlings 
and limewater after a physic of castor oil 
or epsom salts. Feed the tankage dry, 
from a self-feeder, and add shelled corn 
as the pig improves. Ground oats should 
be screened for removal of hulls, which-ir¬ 
ritate the bowels. Keep all feeding uten¬ 
sils perfectly clean and sweet. 
Sweeny 
T would like information on treatment 
and cure for sweeny ou colt. Sweeny 
is on shoulder, appearing May of this 
year. Colt is three years old and in good 
order. c. s. 
Pennsylvania. 
If you care to send us a description of 
the condition present and state if lame¬ 
ness is or is not present we may be able 
to help you. In some eases of alleged 
“sweeny” the foot is the seat of the 
lameness and causes the wasting of shoul¬ 
der museless. It is important, therefore, 
to make sure as to the cause. Modern 
treatment consists in injecting a little 
tincture of iodine here and there under 
the skin at the top of the wasted part, 
and then working it downward by rub¬ 
bing with the palm of the hand. This is 
best done by a veterinarian. 
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