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December IS* 1920 
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The Condition of a Condition Powder 
Will you give the ingredients of a good 
condition powder, for chickens? Some of 
my best Orpingtons do not eat the way 
they should. I have been trying these 
made-up condition powders, and find that 
the best of them have too much filler. 
• w. H. B. 
I rather think that the more filler a 
condition powder contains the better, pro¬ 
vided that this filler is made up of such 
valuable feeds as wheat middlings and 
oilmoal. These may be a little expensive 
at the price usually paid for condition 
powders, but if they help along the mar¬ 
velous things that condition powders are 
said to do, they are cheap at any price. 
We all have an inborn belief in drugs, 
and it takes considerable knowledge of 
their action, or lack of it, to drive medi¬ 
cal superstitions out of our systems. And 
then, too. it is easy to believe what we 
want to believe, and we certainly do 
want to believe that when anything goes 
wrong with the internal economy of man 
or beast all that is necessary to do is to 
take something too bitter or nasty to be 
eaten, but capable of being swallowed if 
sufficiently disguised and forced down by 
n strong will. While we haven’t recog¬ 
nized its source, there is no doubt that 
much of our faith in medicines has been 
derived from the picture gallery of fat 
and happy “eminent citizens” and “pop¬ 
ular society matrons” seen in the medical 
columns of country weeklies. 
But we have boon brought up in the 
faith, and wc arc not going to discard it 
readily, so lot us consider condition pow¬ 
ders. What are or what may they be 
made of? Here are two formulas, taken 
from “Feeds and Feeding.” by Henry & 
Morrison. These recognized authorities 
upon cattle feeding do not recommend the 
use of condition powders at all; in fact, 
they discourage it; but, evidently recog¬ 
nizing tlieir litter helplessness in the 
matter, they offer the following as ac¬ 
ceptable formulas: Fenugreek, two 
parts; allspice, two parts; gentian, four 
parts; salt, five parts; saltpetre, five 
parts; Epsom salts. 10 parts; linseed 
meal. 100 parts, all by weight. #The sec¬ 
ond formula, which should be better, for 
it contains more ingredients, and the more 
shot you put into your gun the more apt 
you ought to be to hit something, is as 
follows: Powdered gentian eight parts; 
ginger, eight parts; fenugreek, eight 
parts; sulphur, eight parts; potassium 
nitrate, eight parts; resin, eight parts; 
cayenne pepper, four parts; linseed meal, 
41 parts; powdered charcoal. 20 parts; 
common salt, 20 parts; wheat bran, 100 
parts. The dose for cattle is one table- 
spoonful in each feed; probably a similar 
amount for each 10 hens would be about 
right. 
Let’s analyze the second formula and 
see what, should be expected of it as a 
conditioner. Gentian is the powdered 
root of the yellow gentian, a European 
plant. It has been much used in medi¬ 
cine as a “bitter tonic.” It is an agree¬ 
able bitter, but probably has little or no 
other effect than to stimulate the appe¬ 
tite. At that, it is the most valuable 
drug in this combination. Ginger is 
called a “stomachic,” a meaningless word 
intended to convey the idea that the 
stomach is favorably acted upon in some 
way. It contains a hot volatile oil and 
an aromatic resin which ‘produce an 
agreeable sensation of warmth to the 
palate. Fenugreek is an herb of pleasant 
flavor, and is added because of this Sul¬ 
phur. while an old domestic remedy of 
great repute, has practically no effect 
upon the system other than as a mild 
laxative- when taken in sufficient quan¬ 
tity. The sulphur and molasses of our 
boyhood days didn’t hurt us any. but we 
don’t owe our present robust, health to 
it. Potassium nitrate, or saltpetre, has 
been discarded in medicine as an irritat¬ 
ing salt of potash. Resin, or rosin, is the 
soft mass left after the distillation of 
turpentine. It is useful in various ex¬ 
ternal applications, but has no obvious 
purpose here. Cayenne jiepper is used to 
some extent in medicine as a carminative, 
or gas cxpeller. It. is extremely irritat¬ 
ing in any large quantities and found its 
chief use before the passage of the Eight¬ 
eenth Amendment iu warming up the lag¬ 
ging stomachs of old topers. Charcoal, 
taken internally, is of value in sweeten¬ 
ing sour stomachs. The value of common 
salt is well known, but it is too often 
forgotten when feeding animals, and some 
of these get none unless it is administered 
in condition powders. It comes cheaper 
when purchased a.s common salt. Lin¬ 
seed meal is a real conditioner when 
given iu sufficient amount. It is rich iu 
digestible protein, laxative and produc¬ 
tive of sleekness in hair and feather. It 
needs to bo given somewhat generously 
as a food, however, not administered in 
minute amounts as a drug. 
Considered separately, there is little 
reason for expecting *any marked results 
from the administration of these drugs 
and condiments. The whole makes up a 
typical shotgun proscription that was 
much in favor with older medical prac¬ 
titioners. If one drug didn't hit the 
mark, it was hoped that another would, 
and if the patient got better, as, of 
course, ho did nine times out of 10, the 
prescription got the credit. To those 
who pin their faith to condition powders 
instead of to good food, regular feeding, 
the regulation of the amount of food 
given to the needs of the animal, clean 
and healthful surroundings and those 
general measures summed up iu the 
phrase “good care,” I can recommend 
nothing better than the above formulas, 
but as for me and my family, we will 
stick to the suggestions in this paragraph 
and “throw physic to the dogs.” 
Si. B. D. 
Wind Puffs 
Are wind puff’s on horses curable? I 
have a horse with puffs both sides just 
above ankle joint on hind leg; very lame 
going uphill, and when walking on level 
ankle joint seems to step forward and 
then back as heel comes down on ground, 
lie has been lame four months. Should 
this horse be worked, and what treatment 
would you prescribe? He has been 
worked on •farm all Summer until now. 
New York. A. s. h. 
So-called “wind puffs” arc synovial dis¬ 
tensions of the sheaths of the tendons and 
lubricating bursse of the parts' involved 
As a rule the lameness subsides quickly, 
if the horse is rested, and does not return 
when be is worked again; but the “pulls” 
remain and cannot be removed. They 
can be reduced temporarily by binding 
upon them with bandages flat corks 
wrapped with cotton batting and to be 
kept, wet with cold water when in place. 
But the puffs soon recur after removal of 
the 'pressure. In the condition described 
we should either put on a plaster of Paris 
east for two weeks or so. or have the 
parts line-fired and blistered by a quali¬ 
fied veterinarian. The latter treatment, 
however, cannot well be given in very hot 
weather. The plaster cast may he used 
now and firing and blistering done later 
if that is found necessary. Better have 
a veterinarian apply the cast, as such 
work requires skill and experience. 
A. S. A. 
Obstructed Teat; Brittle Hoof 
1. Can you tell me what to do for a 
so-called spider teat or spider garget? 
Some say it is caused by heavy feeding, 
but my cow has not been fed high, just 
ordinary pasture and a little green fodder 
night and morning. At first we noticed 
that the teat, milked harder than usual, 
and finally almost stopping. Then a small 
lump appeared in the very end of the 
teat about the size of a kernel of wheat. 
Wo soaked it in warm ereolin and used 
wool fat salve on it. but finally have to 
use a tube, and the quarter is drying off. 
2. What can I do for a horse that has 
brittle hoofs? Wc work him on regular 
farm work, keep him on soft ground all 
we can. but. his feet break easily. 
Massachusetts. w. E. r. 
Infection from the floor or milker’s 
hands is the common cause, and use of a 
milking tube soon spreads infection into 
the quarter, causing ruinous mammitis 
and loss of function. Have a veterinarian 
cut out the growth, or slit, down through 
it in four different directions with a teat 
bistoury. The teat should first be well 
disinfected. After the operation strip 
away a little milk frequently during the 
healing process. 2. Every other evening 
apply to the juncture of the hair and 
horn, by means of a brush, a little of a 
mixture of two pints of oil of tar and one 
part of oil of balsam of fir. and in six 
weeks or so the hoof should hold nails. 
Then apply the mixture twice a week. 
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