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The RUTiAL NEW-YORKER 
March 1. 1924 
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Live Stock Questions 
Answered by Dr. A. S. Alexander 
Nervous Horse 
On page 63 was a letter from It. P.E. 
about teaching a horse to back. The idea 
is new to me and I wonder whether 
some of your readers could help me. I 
have a handsome horse, quiet in the 
stall or when led, but as soon as hitched 
up he seems always expecting trouble 
from behind—ears back and head turn¬ 
ing from side to side—and always on a 
teeter, not walking quietly at all. He 
is high-headed and nervous but true to 
pull as any horse living, and quiet, as I 
say, except for that apparent fear of 
something to happen behind him. What 
can I do to call his attention to the 
front? His working mate is a Belgian 
mare, afraid of nothing and prompt, like 
himself, to work or travel. c. H. D. 
New York. 
It is to be suspected that the horse 
in question has at some time been scared 
by a sound or blow coming from behind, 
and fears that it will recur. It is to 
prevent a horse from watching to the 
side and rear that blinders are put on 
the bridle, for the horses’ eyes are pecu¬ 
liar in that they have a far greater area, 
of vision than have those of a man. If 
the horse has been driven right along 
with blinders on the bridle we should be 
inclined to try him with an open bridle 
for, strange to say, that sometimes proves 
remedial or at least beneficial in cases 
like the one under discussion. It will 
do no good, however, if the eyes are dis¬ 
eased so that vision is impaired. An idea 
as to the soundness of the eyes may be 
had in the following way: Lead the 
horse into the light from a dark place, 
watching meanwhile to see if the pupils of 
the eyes contract when struck by the 
light. The pupils are much dilated in the 
dark and quickly contract in the direct 
light. Also walk the horse up and down 
a round trip on a level road and then try 
him again when a big box or other ob¬ 
stacle has been placed in the road. See 
if he quickly notices the obstacle at a 
walk and trot and avoids striking it. 
When the eyes are imperfect in vision 
the horse tends to shy or is nervous and 
acts in the way you describe. As a rule 
eyes that are defective show a cloudy 
condition of the liquid in the anterior 
chamber of the eye (cornea) as the re¬ 
sult of repeated attacks of periodic oph¬ 
thalmia (“moon blindness’’), or one may 
notice opaqity of the crystalline lens ap¬ 
pearing as a ragged-edged spot in the 
center of the eye and of the color of 
china or porcelain. There is no cure for 
cataract and moon blindness is also in¬ 
curable and ends in cataract and blind¬ 
ness in many cases. Even an opaque 
spot, called a “feather” or “spider” by 
horsemen may impair the eyesight and 
cause shying, stumbling or excessive 
nervousness. If the horse proves to have 
sound eyes we fear it will be found im¬ 
possible to break him of the nervousness 
mentioned as that may be temperamental 
as much as due to a scare or injury, or 
may be entirely so. Be careful to prevent 
rattling of harness chains or any part 
of the wagon or buggy, so far as that is 
possible; also never use the whip ou this 
horse or his mate and never threaten any 
horse by rattling the butt of the whip in 
its socket. 
Leaking of Milk 
I have a cow that leaks milk badly. Can 
you advise me how to prevent it? 
Massachusetts. c. c. J. 
When conditions are normal or natural 
little fibers of unstripped involuntary 
muscle surrounding the orifice of the teat 
in the teat wall keep the opening closed 
so that milk does not escape. Leaking of 
milk therefore indicates that these mus¬ 
cles have been injured or are weak from 
some cause or another so that milk is not 
retained. In many instances we have 
seen leaking to be caused by the per¬ 
sistent use of large dilators or a teat 
slitter, or it has resulted from an in¬ 
jury, such as a tear from barb wire, or 
from the cow stepping upon her teats 
wheu entering a barn and having to step 
over a high sill or other obstacle, or hav¬ 
ing her teats trampled by her mate in the 
stall. Sometimes the leaking is from but 
one or two teats, when it is from all of 
them there is an unnatural weakness of 
the sphincter muscles mentioned. 
There is no absolutely certain remedy 
