7ht RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
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Ailing Animals 
Answered by Dr. A. S. Alexander 
Catarrh 
I have a mare 10 years old which has 
a discharge from one nostril of a grayish 
color, with a bad smell. We notice it 
more when she is worked and is warmed 
up; has had it two or three months. She 
has a good appetitie, but is thin ; seems 
to feel dull. She does not cough or seem 
to have any cold. Can you tell me any¬ 
thing I can do for her? H. p. 
Delaware. 
A diseased molar tooth in the upper 
jaw on the side corresponding to the dis¬ 
charging nostril is in all probability the 
cause of the catarrh, and if so the tooth 
should be extracted by a veterinarian. 
Take the mare to a competent veterina¬ 
rian for examination and he will first 
make sure that glanders is not the cause. 
When that disease is found present the 
horse has to be destroyed in accordance 
with State law. Trephining of the skull 
usually is necessary for the removal of a 
molar tooth well back in the jaw. 
Mange in Cat 
We have a pet cat and for the past 
couple of weeks she seems to have the 
itch about the head and ears ; sometimes 
she scratches so hard it start to bleed and 
looks like a sore. Some say it is the 
mange. Is there any cure for he: - , and 
what does the mange look like? What 
causes it? A. j. w. 
Massachusetts. 
There are two forms of mange in cats 
fl), notoedric, due to the parasite, Notoe- 
dres cati, and (2) auricular mange, 
caused by Otodectes cynotis. The first 
named variety affects the head, causing 
itching, scabby sores. If neglected the 
affected cat may become gradually more 
and more emaciated and eventually die. 
Auricular mange is comparatively rare 
in cats and affects the ears, causing 
brown, foul-smelling discharge, shaking 
of the head and ears, itching, scratching, 
etc. Clip off the hair and remove scabs 
by washing with soap, hot water and 
washing soda. Then rub in very thor¬ 
oughly a 5 per cent ointment of salicylic 
acid and lanolin to remove the epithelium 
and afterward rub in daily an ointment 
composed of one part of flowers of sulphur, 
half part of potassium carbonate and four 
parts of lanolin. 
Collar Sore; Worms 
1. What is a good remedy for a raw 
sore on a horse’s shoulder? 2. What is 
good for worms in a horse? s. a. k. 
Pennsylvania. 
1. An old, chronic collar sore is best 
treated by removal with the knife, then 
wet the wound two or three times daily 
with a mixture of one ounce of sugar of 
lead and six drams of sulphate of zinc in 
a pint of soft water. Label the bottle 
“poison” and shake it well before use. 
This treatment is also best when there is 
a little flat, red sore in the center of a 
baggy pad of swelling, or for a hard tumor 
felt under the skin. 2. If a veterinarian 
cannot be employed to treat the horse, 
feed him oats and one-ninth part of 
wheat bran ; dampen this feed and in it 
mix night and morning for a week a table¬ 
spoonful of a mixture of two parts of 
table salt and one part each, by weight, 
of dried sulphate of iron (powdered cop¬ 
peras) aqd flowers of sulphur; then stop 
for 10 days, when the treatment should be 
repeated for another week. 
How many cows in your dairy 
are in A-l health? 
L AST YEAR this splendid 
5-year-old GUERNSEY, 
besides this notable mark in 
milk production, had a butter- 
fat total of 653.4 lbs. 
P revention of disease is 
thefirstchapterinthe gospel 
of profitable dairying. 
Not every cow in your dairy can 
make a conspicuous production 
record, but not one of them 
should be allowed to limp along 
as “poor milkers” when their 
yearly yield could be decidedly 
raised by keeping the organs of 
production in a top-notch health 
condition. 
This health program does not 
mean an expensive veterinary 
service; in most cases an ade¬ 
quate home treatment is simple 
and easy. The most prevalent 
cow diseases, such as Retained 
Afterbirth, Abortion,Barrenness, 
Scouring, Bunches and Milk 
Fe ver, are directly due to a weak¬ 
ening of the digestive or genital 
organs. Proper treatment will 
make them function normally. 
KOW-KARE is distinctly a cow 
medicine; it acts directly on these 
organs, with prompt and notice¬ 
able results. The KOW-KARE 
treatment is so simple and inex¬ 
pensive, no wonder it is so 
widely used. 
Feed dealers, general stores and 
druggists sell KOW-KARE; 70c 
and $il.40 packages. Let us send 
you our free book, “The Home 
Cow Doctor,” 
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Manufacturers of KOW-KARE and BAG BALM 
Such profitable producers 
are only found in the dairies 
where cow health is carefully 
guarded. 
NOTE: The trade-mark name has 
been changed from KOW-KURE to 
KOW-KARE—a name more ex¬ 
pressive of both the PREVENTIVE 
and CURA TIVE qualities of the 
remedy. There is not the slightest 
change in formula or manufacture. 
Meat Brine for Hogs 
The following is a remedy for paralysis 
in pigs. It is brine, rather hot; pork 
brine is best. I have known of bad cases 
being cured with it. Right here I want to 
put in a word of caution ; never put brine 
in your swill. I knew a man who lost 40 
fine hogs by feeding them pork brine in 
their swill. MRS. M. B. P. 
New York. 
Meat brine is deadly to hogs, and a 
small amount often proves poisonous. 
We cannot recommend the treatment ad¬ 
vised by our correspondent, who gives no 
particulars relative to the dose or wheth¬ 
er it is given internally or applied exter¬ 
nally. 
Mammitis 
A few days ago we bought a cow with 
calf four days old. The second time we 
milked her the milk was like mucus. One 
part of her udder was swollen and the 
milk from that teat was very dark, al¬ 
most reddish in color, and lumpy. The 
swelling is better, but the milk is just the 
same. She also has lump above the 
teats. Could it be tuberculosis of the 
udder, and is it safe to use the milk? 
What would you advise us to do? F. J. 
New Jersey. 
The milk from the affected quarter of 
the udder is unfit for use, and as tubercu¬ 
losis is a possible cause of lumps in the 
udder and the other symptoms you de¬ 
scribe, we should advise you to have the 
cow tested with tuberculin. Any quali¬ 
fied veterinarian can apply the test. 
Meanwhile milk four times daily, massag¬ 
ing the udder each time, and at night rub 
in a mixture of one part each of pure 
turpentine and fluid extracts of poke root 
and belladonna leaves, and eight parts of 
lard or sweet oil. Each evening mix in 
the feed or give in water as a drench one 
tablespoonful each of powdered poke root 
and saltpeter until the trouble clears up. 
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