The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1593 
AILING ANIMALS 
Answered by Dr. A. S. Alexander 
Dishorning 
I have a heifer calf three months old; 
her horns are just coming through. Is 
there any way I can prevent them so do¬ 
ing. hy using caustic, or burning them? I 
would much prefer not to wait and have 
to dishorn her. A. c. F. 
New York. 
Caustic potash, to be effective in pre¬ 
venting growth of horns, must be rubbed 
upon the dampened skin over the horn 
buttons before the calf is a week old. 
The young horns might now be gouged 
out, but that is a rather cruel operation 
and one we do not care to recommend. 
Better wait until the horns are well 
grown and then remove them with saw or 
shears. 
Skin Disease 
Will you advise me how to rid my cow 
of grubs? This came in last Winter in a 
rash, and was very itchy. I have used 
dips, cow oil, grease, but the lumps are 
still there. The cow eats and is well, 
but she seemed in misery in the Winter 
when they first came. Do you think they 
are grubs, and would they spread and go 
to the other animals? E- s. 
New York. 
If warble grubs are present it will he 
found possible to squeeze them out hy 
placing the open mouth of a large bottle 
over each boil in turn and pressing down 
hard. We scarcely think, however, that 
grubs are present, but the little bunches 
may be warts. An examination would, 
however, be necessary to determine that, 
so you should if possible have a qualified 
veterinarian look at the cow. Meanwhile, 
scrub the cow clean with green soap and 
hot water; then dry her thoroughly and 
apply a little pine tar to any prominent 
sore or lump. 
Ailing Hogs 
What is the matter with my hogs? 
They refuse to eat, sometimes for two 
days; they vomit and tremble, some of 
them bleed at the nose, and they all have 
a cough, and when they walk they stagger. 
It seems to be contagious, as the boar had 
it first. He was sick three days. Then 
the brood sows wore taken, and now all 
the small pigs have it. They seem to get 
weak in the hind parts at start. H. F. 
New Jersey. 
We suspect that cholera is the disease 
present and you should at once have a 
qualified veterinarian make the necessary 
examination and vaccinate the remaining 
animals, if not too late. Meanwhile move 
them into clover or new grass pasture 
and feed on milk slop, to which add lime- 
water at the rate of an ounce per pint. 
St. John’s-wort Poisoning 
There is much St. John's-wort in the 
hay this year, and two of our horses have 
white skin at the head. Do you know of 
a remedy to keep them from getting sore, 
if they brush against the weeds? B. K. 
Pennsylvania. 
St. John’s-wort in hay may not cause 
irritation, but we have no data as to that, 
and it is well known that the live weed 
in pastures causes soreness of white skin 
in animals. Keeping the white skin of 
the muzzle well covered with sweet oil 
or vaseline may tend to protect it against 
the irritation. A lotion composed of four 
ounces of Goulard’s extract and one ounce 
of glycerine with soft water to make one 
pint, is effective as a remedy when irri¬ 
tation has occurred. Apply it two or 
three times daliy. 
White Scours in Calves 
Frequent inquiries are made for a cure 
of the above. One of my neighbors says 
no need to lose a calf by scours; after the 
calf has filled its stomach with milk give 
it a dose of vinegar. This causes the milk 
to form a curd in the stomach, which 
takes place in all healthy calves, and re¬ 
mains there until it passes oil naturally 
instead of going through the bowels as a 
purge. M. W. 
Maine. 
Vinegar will not cure true white scours 
(“calf cholera” or dysentery). Rennet is 
superior to vinegar for the purpose sug¬ 
gested, and often is helpfully employed in 
ordinary scours of milk-fed calves, but it 
will not save the new-born calf. Pre¬ 
ventive treatment with serum or a bac¬ 
teria is the only effective method of deal¬ 
ing with the disease. 
Lack of Appetite 
Will you please advise me of something 
to give my horse an appetite? I bought 
him two weeks ago; he is getting over 
the distemper, and I had a veterinarian, 
hut the medicine does not seem to help 
him. I only work him about two or three 
hours and turn him out to pasture. Tie is 
about 11 or 1” years old, and has a slight 
cough, which the veterinarian said was 
due to the distemper. A. E. 
Massachusetts. 
Have the teeth attended to by a vet¬ 
erinarian, then three times daily give the 
horse 20 drops of fluid extract of mix 
vomica and 00 drops (1 dram) of fluid 
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