The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
1837 
Ailing Animals 
Answered by Dr. A. S. Alexander 
Chronic Cough 
I have a Percheron 12 years okl. Last 
Spring he had a eold, and when it left 
him he coughed quite a bit. Early in the 
Summer this cough became worse and a 
white mucus began running from his 
nose. Now he coughs nearly all the 
time; it is a hacking cough. lie grunts 
and groans when coughing. I have not 
worked him hard and have tried our local 
veterinarian’s cures, but this has done no 
good. P. B. c. 
Virginia. 
If the veterinarians have made certain 
that glanders is not present in this case 
we should advise you to have the teeth 
attended to and then give the horse half 
an ounce of Fowler’s solution of arsenic 
night and morning for a week, and then 
three times daily, until no longer needed, 
when the medicine gradually should be 
discontinued, taking at least 10 days to 
the process. Wet all feed: Stop feeding 
hay and substitute bright oat straw or 
oat sheaves and corn stover. Feed car¬ 
rots, oats and bran. Keep the bowels 
active. We think it highly probable that 
the cough is a symptom of heaves, and 
the treatment here advised is for that 
complaint. In Summer let the horse live 
on grass. Do not allow any bulky feed 
at noon or work him just after a meal. 
Glyeo-heroin or equine cough syrup would 
be tikely to help if the disease is not 
heaves. 
Worms of Horses 
What can be done for a horse that has 
worms about eight inches long and quite 
large around? They seem to keep the 
horse in a run-down condition. w. P. 
Vermont. 
The worms described are the common 
round worms of the horse (ascaris mega- 
locephala), which inhabits the small in¬ 
testines and lives on feed eaten by the 
horse. It i« not a blood-sucker. It is 
taken in with contaminated feed or water. 
Keen horses from drinking surface water 
or water from a dirty trough. A s : ->nle 
treatment is to mix in dampened feed,, 
night and morning for a week, one table¬ 
spoonful of a mixture of two parts of 
table salt and one part each of dried sul¬ 
phate of iron and flowers of sulphur, by 
weight; then stop for 10 days and then 
give the powders again for another week. 
Oni’t iron for a mare in foal and increase 
sulphur. Colts take less doses in accord¬ 
ance with age and size. Veterinarians 
more commonly give tartar emetic in 
doses of one to three drams in a bran 
mash containing oilmeal. and repeat the 
dose in 12 hours. This drug may also be 
given in water. Tument'ne is pre¬ 
scribed for worms, and if it be used great 
ea’-n must be taken to buy pure oil, as 
“turpentine substitute” is now common, 
and is poisonous to animals. It has 
caused many deaths. 
Lameness 
I would like to ask what to use on a 
colt, that was th-ee years old in May 
It is a mare, well built and husky looking, 
I had been using it for light work, with 
two other horses, in a spike tooth harrow. 
I used her half a day to a time, and since 
then there is a clicking noise apparently 
just above the hoof or in the ankle. I 
know it needs blistering, but do not 
know what to use. I have told our vet¬ 
erinarian several times about it. He 
said it needs blistering but fails to give 
me something, or tell me what to get. 
Ohio. p. m. 
Yon do not tell us whether the click¬ 
ing noise is heard from a fore or hind 
lee; but we conclude that a hind leg is 
affected. If so the patella (kneecap) 
of the stifle joint, at the flank slips out. 
and in, making the noise mentioned. In 
that event we should advise tying the 
colt up short in a narrow stall, clipping 
the h*>ir from the stifle joint and around 
it and blistering with the following salve: 
Dili iodide of mercury and powdered can- 
tharides, of each, 2 drams; lard three 
ounces; mix. Rub in for 15 minutes, a 
little at a time; then smear some of the 
salve on the blistered surface. Wash the 
blister off in days and then apply'a little 
lard daily. The blister may be repeated 
in four to six weeks, if the state of the 
skin will allow. Tie the tail up while the 
blister is acting. 
Chorea 
Five months ago I bought a five-year- 
old mare from a dealer here. She was 
brought from the West in August. She 
is a round, fat chunk, 1.250 lbs., in good 
condition, but her left hind leg is almost, 
helpless in the morning. I can describe 
it only as being rheumatism; she will not 
move it until she has to, and then with 
a ierk. A few steps across the stable 
floor, either dragging it or sometimes hav¬ 
ing it stick out in front, and she will be 
all right. In turning her to give a little 
exercise to limber it up she will let that 
foot remain on the floor until her body 
has turned. A dozen or 15 steps and she 
seems to be all right, except I can see a 
little jerk as she backs into the shafts. 
A few times when she has stood in the 
stable all day on account of bad weather, 
the other hind leg seems to be affected 
the same way, but a few steps and that 
is better. She is a stroug, kind, willing 
worker, but' fat and lazy. The dealer 
advised working her every day. A veteri¬ 
narian prescribed a bran mash every night 
instead of the two quarts of oats I give 
her, and not to keep her quite so fat. I 
have done so, but she is no better. There 
is no heat that I can find, or swelling. 
She is a good-looking horse, and after I 
have her hitched up and out a little way 
horsemen admire her; they can find noth¬ 
ing the matter with her. r. p. o. 
Maine. 
In all probability the filly is afflicted 
with chorea, which is akin to St. Vitus’ 
dance, and incurable. Horses so affected 
are termed “shirkers” or “crampv.” When 
backing out of the stall the tail is ele¬ 
vated and quivers and the.muscles of the 
flank and hips also quiver or “skiver.” 
Stringhalt may be an aggravated form of 
the same disease, but is often curable by 
the operation of peroneal tenotomy. It 
is quite possible, however, that, iis'-knd of 
chorea, luxation or dislocation of the pas- 
tella (knee cap) of the stifle joint occurs 
now and then and causes the symptoms 
described. Where that is the case the 
patella may be heard to snap back into 
place when the horse is moved or scared 
with a whip. Better have a qualified 
veterinarian examine the filly and deter¬ 
mine what is wrong. Write again, when 
this has been done, if we can be of help. 
Distemper 
Could you tell me what is the matter 
with my cat, and how I might treat him? 
He seems to have a sort of distempc’-, 
with a yellowish discharge from his nose 
watery eyes, and sneezes a good deal lie 
has a good appetite, and is fat, but this 
is growing worse gradually. I lost an¬ 
other cat affected this way this Winter, 
bhe lingered along for three months. Is 
it unsafe to have him come in the house 
or t-ry to treat him? He is a young cat. 
New York. MRS. M. A. M. 
Sick cats should not be kept in the 
house or allowed to associate with chil- 
• ei Y but should have a ■warm, dry place 
"J tae sta . ble or somG other outbuilding. 
Hypodermic treatment with distemper an¬ 
titoxin is now available. Consult your 
veterinarian about that, and meanwhile 
keep the cat’s nose and eyes clean with a 
saturated solution of boric acid and ab¬ 
sorbent . cotton swabe. Feed raw meat 
once daily and in milk feed twice daily a 
pinch of flowers of sulphur. If diarrlima 
is present give five grain doses of sub¬ 
nitrate of bismuth two or three times 
daily. 
Rickets 
M.V pigs weigh 200 lbs. Thev will not 
eat. and drag their hind parts when walk- 
ln % v , E. H. 
New York. 
. In , case « rickets, akin to bowlegs 
in children, usually is present, and it is 
the result of incomplete or improper feed¬ 
ing and lack of exercise. It. rarely at¬ 
tacks pigs that have had milk daily and 
been allowed plenty of exercise upon green 
crops, in addition to receiving mixed meals 
in slop oi from a self-feeder. As the pigs 
are now of good market weight, we sbou 7 d 
advise selling them or slaughtering for 
home meat. If you do not care to do 
so, let them have sweet skim-milk once 
or twice daily, and also feed wheat mid¬ 
dlings or ground rye or barlev, -shelled 
corn and tankage from self-feeders. Let 
them have plenty of outdoor exercise It 
would also be well to give them free ac¬ 
cess to clover or Alfalfa hay, wood ashes 
wood or corncob charcoal and slaked lime’ 
1 heee things tend to build up strong bone, 
which is deficient in mineral matters in 
all cases sneh as you describe. 
Leaking of Milk 
( an you give me a remedy and stati 
cause of a leaky udder? Cow had a call 
about a month ago. At times there is r 
continuous stream running from tw( 
teats. a * o 
New York. 
The muscular fibers of the teat wall 
have become weak and relaxed so that 
they do not act as sphincters to retain 
the milk. Over-d’stension when well fed 
on grass or in the stable, too long time 
between milkings when so distended and 
rough milking tend to cause such con¬ 
ditions. Mi'k gently three times a day, 
and twice daily immerse the teats in a 
strong solution of alum. If that does not 
suffice, apply melted wax or paraffin to 
the tips of the teats after each milking, i 
and as a last resort apply flexible collo- j 
diou twice daily. Stop for a time when 
it has caused irritation and swelling 
about the openings of the teats. Rubber 
thimbles might prove effective, could they ' 
be had ; but we do not know of any firm 
making them for the purpose. A. s. .A. 
11 ,uk, why were you disobedient to 
your Aunt Jane?” “I wasn’t disobedient, 
mother.” “Yes, you were. Haven’t you 
been swimming this afternoon?” “Yes.” 
“Didn’t I hear your Aunt Jane tell you 
not to go swimming?” “No; she didn’t 
say that at all. She only came to the 
door and shouted, ‘Willie, I wouldn’t go 
swimming.’ And I shouldn’t, think she 
would. What would folks thinks if they 
saw a woman like Aunt Jane swimming 
in the creek?”—Credit Lost. 
What the Dairymen Say 
SLY PUSS P. 
Grand Champion Jersey Cow, 1920 National 
Dairy Show. Owned by Longview Farm, 
Lee’s Summit, Mo. Read their letter below: 
Her Owners Clip to Keep 
Bacteria Count Down 
LONGVIEW FARM 
Lee’s Summit, Mo., Oct. 17,1919. 
We keep the tail, udders and hindquarters 
of all our cows in milk clipped, for the rea¬ 
son that we produce certified miik, and find 
we can keep the bacteria count down 
by following this method. Of course the 
same thing would apply even if one were 
producing ordinary commercial milk. 
C. J. TUCKER, Gen. Mgr. 
BARCLAY’S NIGHTINGALE 
Grand Champion Ayrshire Cow. 1920 Na* 
tional Dairy Show. Owned by Adam Seitz, 
Waukesha, Wis. Read his letter below: 
Used on His Milking Cows 
to Keep Them Clean 
SPRING CITY STOCK FARM 
Waukesha, Wis., Oct 29.1920. 
In the dairy we always clip the milking 
cows around the udders, underneath the 
bellies and up the flank in order to keep 
them cleaner. It is the easiest way doing it, 
and saves lots of valuable time. 
We surely have had good service out of 
the Stewart Clipping Machine. 
ADAM SEITZ 
Regular Clipping Is the Order of the Day 
These letters are typical of scores received from large 
cattle breeders and dairymen all over the United States 
and Canada. These men clip their cows on udder and 
flanks regularly every few weeks—the parts are quickly 
cleaned before milking, and no filth drops into the pail. 
Compulsory in many sections in production of certified 
milk—very desirable for ordinary commercial milk. 
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Clips horses and mules also. Complete, $14 at your 
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Electric clipping machine, 110 volts A. C., $80. 
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