W* RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1719 
AILING ANIMALS 
Answered by Dr. A. S. Alexander 
Fleas 
Can I got rid of fleas and scabs on 
collies? w. h. s. 
Dip the dog in a solution of coal-tar 
dip made according to directions given by 
the manufacturer. Repeat the dipping as 
often as found necessary, and keep the 
dog’s bed clean. When in the bath scrub 
with a hard brush to remove scabs, and 
when dry rub in sulphur ointment twice 
a week. 
Thin Horse 
I have a horse 12 years old that I can¬ 
not get iu shape. His teeth seem to be 
good. He eats all the time, on grass alf 
Summer, and has done scarcely anything 
since Spring. Two other horses with 
him. about the sume age, are looking fine; 
really too fleshy. H. m. b. 
Ohio. 
Keep the horse off grass and work or 
exercise him every day. Feed crushed 
oats, wheat bran, good, sound old mixed 
clover and Timothy hay dampened at 
feeding time, and in season allow some 
ear corn and carrots. Night and morn¬ 
ing give him half an ounce of Fowler’s 
solution of arsenic, and in 10 days in¬ 
crease to three such doses daily. When 
no longer needed discontinue the medicine, 
taking at least 10 days to the work. If 
he does not quickly improve, feed night 
and morning one quart of blackstrap mo¬ 
lasses diluted with three quarts of hot 
water, and stirred among cut hay, corn- 
meal and wheat bran. Also feed whole 
oats at noon and long hay at night. 
Worm Medicine for Horses 
Would you give bic the proper propor¬ 
tions of copperas, sulphur and salt to use 
as worm medicine for horses ? J. G. -T. 
The proportion we prescribe many 
times in these columns is two parts of 
table salt and one part each by weight 
of dried sulphate of iron (powdered cop¬ 
peras) aud flowers of sulphur. The dose 
of this is one tablespoonful to be mixed 
in dampened feed night aud morning for 
a week; then stop for 10 days and then 
repeat the treatment. Omit iron for a 
mare in foal and increase sulphur. Colts 
take less doses, according to age and size. 
Catarrh 
I have a mare which seems thin, and 
yet I feed her well. She has a thick, 
yellow discharge from her right nostril 
and a little from the left one also. It 
smells very bad. Is this disease catching 
to my other animals, and is it curable? 
Would Fowler’s solution of arsenic help 
her in any way? Will it fatten her? 
New Jersey. It. a. m. 
There is danger in all cases of this sort 
that glanders may prove present, and that 
disease is contagious and incurable among 
horses mid mules, and communicable and 
fatal to man. You should, therefore, have 
the horse examined by a qualified vet¬ 
erinarian. If glanders is not present the 
veterinarian probably will find the dis¬ 
charge to be due to a diseased molar tooth, 
which he can remove by trephining, or to 
a collection of pus in a sinus, which can 
be removed in like manner. The latter 
condition sometimes is present in chronic 
catarrh or nasal gleet, which will require 
special attention by the veterinarian, 
after trephining, or the condition quickly 
will recur. Fowler’s solution will not 
remedy the conditions mentioned, but will 
be helpful in connection with the treat¬ 
ment suggested. Meanwhile isolate the 
horse and cleanse, disinfect and white¬ 
wash the stall he has occupied. 
Mange 
My fox terrier, now six months old, has 
contracted a skin eruption on the head, 
chest, upper part of fore and hind legs, 
causing considerable irritation and de¬ 
veloping into sores through scratching, 
but otherwise not affecting his general 
health or appetite. About one month ago 
this eruption covered his head, chest and 
logs, which are now denuded of hair. His 
activity, appetite and appearing general 
health are not greatly impaired, but he 
has gradually reached a condition in 
which lie sleeps heavily about 18 hours 
out of the 24. The eruption Rtnrted as 
little scattered pimples over the front part 
f| f the body, legs and head. Where not 
scratched it dried and formed scaly scabs. 
1 here is some offensive smell. o. k. 
Maryland. 
The disease in question either is mange 
nr . eczema ; we are unable to say which 
without making an examination. It 
therefore would he well to take the dog 
|° . a qualified veterinarian for such ex¬ 
amination. Meanwhile mnkc the animal 
nii(c active exercise for hours every day. 
Mart treatment with a dose of syrup of 
euckthorn to clear the bowels, and then 
Kee h them active, if necessary, feeding 
parboiled liver once or twice a week, 
util the veterinarian has prescribed tub 
10 (,< ’g in a bath of coal-tar dip, made 
' ‘cording to directions given by the man- 
iJ * Vi I, r ' n,1( l then rub flowers of sulphur 
" thi‘ affected spots, as often as seen to 
necessary. If it is mange ready-for- 
-i' In , cine for that disease may be pur- 
nrn.ls !lt ,. most drug stores, with accom¬ 
panying directions for use. 
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