The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
331 
AILING ANIMALS 
Answered by Dr. A. S. Alexander 
Thin Hors© 
I hnvp n horse that I traded for about 
three months ago. He is very thin; eats 
hay well, but not enough to suit me; his 
hair is short and rough. lie works well 
and is hard to sweat; has a light cough 
now and then, perhaps a little catarrh. 
He has good ambition. Going to the barn 
or towards home or up hill he must be 
held back. He is probably nine years 
old. One man tells me to give him stock 
food. What can I do to get some flesh 
on him? d. P. B. 
New Jersey. 
TTave the teeth put in order by a vet¬ 
erinarian, as irregularities may make it 
impossible for the horse properly to mas¬ 
ticate his feed. Heaves is to be suspected, 
so it would be well to feed wet oat straw 
of sheaves instead of hay. Sound corn 
stover also may be fed, also a little silage 
or roots, such as carrots or parsnips, 
along with oats and bran. Keep the 
bowels active. If the cough then per¬ 
sist give a half ounce of Fowler’s 
solution of arsenic night and morning 
until better, then gradually discontinue 
the medicine, taking at least 10 days, to 
the process. There is a bellows-like action 
at. the flanks when a heavy horse expels 
air. 
Lameness; staggers 
1. One of my horses is lame in the left 
foreleg. When In; stands he throws it 
ahead, and after he pulls lum! it is 
worse; it jerks as if it was the nerve in 
the shank. Would liniment help it, and 
what kind? The cords in both forelegs 
seem to be knotted. Could you tell me 
something to do for them also? 2. Ajt- 
other horse, which weighs about 1,450 
lbs., has some kind of staggers. He is in 
good shape, and not doing much work, 
lie rears about nights, and when he has 
these spells he seems to rear backward. 
Pennsylvania. F. P. M. 
1. Clip the hair from the hoof-head of 
the lame foot and blister with a mixture 
of two drams each of biniodide of mer¬ 
cury and powdered cantharides rubbed up 
with three ounces of lard. Rub it in for 
15 minutes and keep the horse tied up 
short. Wash the blister off in 48 hours, 
and then apply a little lard daily. If the 
tendons are affected they may be blistered 
three or four weeks after the lioof-head 
has been treated. Three ounces will suf¬ 
fice for at least two blisterings. 2. Allow 
the horse a big box stall when in the 
stable, or turn him loose in a shed when 
not outdoors. Have him work or take 
outdoor exercise every day. . Never let 
him stand for a single day idle in the 
stable. Keep the bowels active and let 
him live practically without grain. He 
may improve then if he is not afflicted 
with epilepsy, which is incurable. 
Worms of Hogs 
Will you tell me if there is anything I 
can give my hogs to kill worms? I am 
told that the best way is to prevent tln- 
hogs from getting them, but they have 
them, and I must get rid of them or kill 
the hogs. The hogs are four months old 
and some of them do not weigh more than 
40 Mis. A few that are not affected weigh 
100 lbs. The worms are common round 
worms in tin- small intestines. The hogs 
are fed with a self-feeder and have salt 
and ashes before them all the time. 
Massachusetts. w. H.o. 
Withhold” feed and water for 24 hours. 
Then give each pig in from I to 2 ounces 
of castor oil a dose of oil of chenopodium 
(American wormseed) as follows: Half 
teaspoonful for a pig under 50 lbs., 1 tea- 
spoonful for a pig 50 to 100 lbs., and 2 
teaspoon fills to a full-grown hog. Repeat 
the treatment in 10 days, if necessary in¬ 
creasing the doses. Cleanse, disinfect and 
whitewash the houses and pens and have 
all feeding and watering utensils kept 
clean. 
Heaves 
I have a mare that is driven on. the 
road about every day. When going up 
hill she will stop and look back at her 
sides or flanks as though she had colic or 
indigestion. Flanks move a little sug¬ 
gesting heaves; no cough. Rowels and 
urine all right; ravenous appetite. Coat 
is slightly rough. I have been feeding 
ground oats and bay, 25 per cent Alfalfa ; 
changed to whole oats with a little bran; 
seems to be some improvement. It. 
New York. 
Substitute dampened oat straw for hay 
and keep bowels active by feeding bran, 
carrots, parsnips or rutabagas. l)o not 
feed any bulky roughage at noon if she 
has to work, and do not work her soon 
after a meal. Give half an ounce of Fow¬ 
ler’s solution of arsenic night and morn¬ 
ing, if seen to lie necessary after making 
change in feed. Discontinue the medicine 
gradually when no longer needed, tuking 
at. least 10 days to the process. 
Two miners went on a fishing expedi¬ 
tion. Rut they were novices at the game, 
"lino are yet gettin’ on, Jock?” asked one. 
“On'h, simply rotten!” was the reply. “I 
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