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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 19, 1921 
A Bette* 
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AILING ANIMALS 
Answered by Dr. A. S. Alexander 
Brittle Hoof 
What can I put on my horses' hoofs 
that will make them tough? H. V. W. 
Ohio. 
If you will mix together two parts of 
oil of tar and one part of oil of balsam 
of fir and apply it to the juncture of 
the hair and horn of the hoofs each other 
night for about six weeks, they should be¬ 
come tough enough to hold nails. After 
that it will suffice to make the application 
about twice a week. It would tic well to 
let the horse run barefoot on moist pas¬ 
ture for two or three months in Summer, 
and during that time to blister the hoof- 
heads at intervals of three weeks, after 
‘clipping off the hair. 
Bone Spavin 
I have a gelding 14 years old which I 
use only for light work that goes lame 
in his hind legs, especially noticeable 
when he starts off. He has a small 
swelling on the inside of his knee joint. 
During the last week he stumbled five 
times with his hind leg. c. w. 
New York. 
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istic of spavin lameness, for the horse 
starts off lame and soon “warms out of 
it” with exercise. You have also dis¬ 
covered the presence of a small bony 
growth or excrescence, usually called 
jack spavin by horsemen. Treatment 
should consist in having the spavin and 
entire hock joint fired and blistered by 
a qualified veterinarian, after which the 
horse should be kept tied up short in a 
narrow stall for six weeks. lie will soon 
learn to sleep in the standing position, 
but may be slightly supported by veter¬ 
inary slings if thought best. If you can¬ 
not employ a veterinarian use a proprie¬ 
tary spavin cure or blister the joint sev¬ 
eral times at intervals of three or four 
weeks. As a blistering salve use a mix¬ 
ture of two drams each of bin iodide of 
mercury and powdered cantharides and 
three ounces of lard. Clip off the hair 
and brush the skin clean. Then rub the 
blister in, a little at a time, for 15 min¬ 
utes. It will not injure the hands. Ap¬ 
ply unsalted lard freely to the opposite 
leg and to the leg below the blistered 
hock. Tie the horse up short so that he 
will be unable to bite or rub the part. 
Also tie Up the tail. Wash the blister 
off in 48 hours and then apply lard daily. 
Much better results may be expected from 
firing and blistering than from blistering 
alone. 
Milker or Cream Separator 
Shrink in Milk 
I have a six-year-old cow that freshened 
April 20, and is due to freshen May 1. 
She gave 45 to 50 lbs. of milk during the 
Summer, but when I put her in the 
stable the first of November she began 
to shrink. About four weeks ago she 
split her salt box. catching her tongue on 
this. She tore it about 2 in. long, but. 
not deep. We had to clip the piece off 
the tongue, but it healed nicely in a 
week’s time. This seems to dry her off. 
I have fed her two quarts of bran, two 
quarts of middlings, good mixed hay and 
cut corn fodder. What she eats seems 
to go to flesh instead of milk. Do you 
think she will be all right when she 
freshens and profitable to keep? What 
kind of grain would you advise? She 
gives only two quarts a day now. 
New Jersey. w. E. A. 
Milk three times a 
massaging udder. T 
drinking water, 
corn silage daily, 
clover or Alfalfa 
to 4 lbs. of milk 
day after thoroughly 
tike the chill off the 
Feed 20 lbs. of sound 
10 to 12 lbs. of good 
hay. and for each 2V-> 
yielded per day allow 
1 lb. of a mixture of 200 lbs. each of 
ground oats, ground barley and wheat 
bran and 100 lbs. of oil-meal. Increase 
the feed in the same 
milk yield increases. If 
increase dry off milk 
It is likely that she 
flow of milk when she 
proportion as the 
it does not quickly 
secretion at once, 
will give her fu : ' 
calves. 
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Colic 
Would you prescribe a good 
edy? 
New Jersey. 
Several different forms of colie affect 
the horse and one has most carefully to 
determine, by examination and watching 
the symptoms, which form is present be¬ 
fore prescribing the appropriate remedy. 
We know of no medicine or combination 
of medicines that will prove suitable for 
any and all forms of colic; neither can 
the layman now buy narcotics often em¬ 
ployed for relief of such diseases. On 
general principles, however, it usually is 
safe to give one ounce of pure turpentine 
and a teaspoonful each of tinctures of 
ginger and peppermint in a pint of raw 
linseed oil, slowly and carefully from a 
long-necked bottle, by way of the mouth. 
This dose, however, would not be proper 
in a case of inflammation of the bowels 
or distension of the stomach with gas. If 
you have horses to care for and cannot 
employ a qualified veterinarian, obtain 
some colic drenches, for different forms of 
colic, from such a practitioner, for use in 
cases of emergency. If you care to write 
again, giving full particulars, we may be 
able to give you more specific advice. 
