Vh* RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
821 
Ailing Aminals 
Answered by Dr. A. S. Alexander 
Synovial Distensions 
I have a mare eight years old, weight 
about 1300 lbs., has two wind puffs one 
on the cord at hind leg at the hock. 
She bothers some in shoeing on those legs 
since they appeared—two little bunches 
filled with wind or fluid matter. Just 
about where the cord fastens on to the 
joint is about the only way I could ex¬ 
plain it. E. F. M. 
“Wind puffs” or “wind galls,” erron¬ 
eously called, are distensions of synovial 
bursae or sheaths of tendons about the 
fetlock joint, which is the first joint 
above the horse’s hoof. The puffs contain 
synovia or joint oil, not air or “wind,” 
and must not be opened with a knife. 
Like conditions may affect the hock joint, 
which is the first one above the fetlock 
or ankle and is sometimes erroneously 
called the “knee” of the hind leg. When 
the capsule enclosing the bones that come 
together to form the hock joint is dis¬ 
tended with synovia, causing a soft fluc¬ 
tuating swelling or bulge high up in the 
front face of the joint, that is called a 
“bog spavin” and it is often associated 
with a similar synovial distension of the 
sheath of the tendon at the back of the 
joint. In the latter condition one can 
press the swelling from one side to the 
other through the joint and that is termed 
a “thoroughpin.” A tendinous thorough- 
pin sometimes forms at the back of the 
hind leg, above the hock, the swelling 
occurring on each side of the large tendon 
that runs to the point of the hock. We 
cannot decide from your description the 
exact location of the puffs. That should 
have been indicated by marking a diagram 
or picture of a horse’s leg. However, it 
may be stated that wind galls are prac¬ 
tically incurable w T hen established, are 
seen on the legs of practically every horse 
that has been hard worked for several 
years, do not cause lameness, and might 
as well be left alone. Treatment only 
gives temporary relief and consists in 
binding upon the puffs flat corks wrapped 
with cotton batting and then keeping the 
bandages wet with cold water. Iodine 
tincture or ointment may also be applied 
two or three times a week, when the 
pressure is removed for that purpose. 
Bog spavins and thoroughpins are also 
unpromising to treat. Pressure from a 
special truss is the best treatment and 
may be followed by blistering of the part, 
after clipping off the hair. Often it pays 
better to hand rub the parts several times 
daily and twice daily to rub in some 10 
per cent iodine petrogen or vasogen, or 
persistently to use a proprietory reducing 
preparation which may be bought at a 
drug store with full directions for use. 
Horses Stay Thin 
I have two horses that do not fatten. 
I feed bran and oats and all the hay they 
can consume. Let me know what is ail¬ 
ing my horses. M. w. 
There are several probable causes of 
such failure of horses to stay in good 
condition when fed on oats and other 
sound, nutritious feed. Of these the com¬ 
monest are sharp points, irregularities of 
the teeth which prevent perfect mastica¬ 
tion of feed; intestinal worms, and pos¬ 
sibly bots, which inhabit the stomach of 
every horse that has pastured grass the 
previous Summer; chronic indigestion, 
induced by overfeeding, irregular feeding 
and feeding when the horse is hot, sweaty 
and fatigued; overwork and, lastly, liv¬ 
ing in an unsanitary stable. Without 
making a personal examination we are 
unable to determine just which of these 
causes may be to blame for the thin 
condition of the horses in question, but 
we can advise treatment that will be 
likely to set matters right, taking it for 
granted that you are unable to employ a 
qualified veterinarian to examine and 
treat the horses. Clip the horses if their 
coats are long and rough and shedding is 
proceeding slowly. If you do not care 
to clip the entire coat, at least clip it 
from the legs above the knees and hoc-ks 
and fx*om the belly and sides to a line 
with the straps of a breast collar and 
breeching. This alone is a great help in 
chronic indigestion. Next, have the teeth 
put in order by someone who knows how 
that should be done. If there is no ex¬ 
pert in the neighborhood, the horses 
should be driven to the nearest qualified 
veterinarian and especially so if you find 
on examining the mouth that diseased 
teeth are present. If worms are present, 
and we think that practically certain, 
you may be able to see some of them in 
the feces, or there will be a collection of 
scurfy or dandruff-like substance about 
the anus. In that event it would be best 
to have a veterinarian give each horse 
four or five drams of oil of ehenopodium 
in a gelatin capsule, and follow immedi¬ 
ately with a quart of raw linseed oil. 
This is done after withholding feed for 
36 hours. If a veterinarian cannot be 
employed, mix together equal quantities 
of dried sulphate of iron and powdered 
saltpeter, nux, gentian root and fenu- 
greke, and of it mix one tablespoon in the 
feed night and morning for two weeks. 
The mixture is a tonic and alterative, 
and has also some effect in expelling and 
destroying worms. Allow free access to 
rock or block salt in the manger. Feed 
mixed clover and Timothy hay. Add ear 
corn to the ration. Make the stable sani¬ 
tary. 
Coming Live Stock Sales 
May 23.—Guernseys, Broad Axe Farm, 
Ambler, Pa. 
May 24.—Minnesota Holstein-Friesian 
Association, State sale, Rochester, Minn. 
June 4.—Ohio Guernsey Breeders’ As¬ 
sociation, annual sale, Wooster, O. 
June 5-6.—National Holstein sale, Vir¬ 
ginia State Fair Grounds, Richmond, Va. 
June 7. — Bradford County Milking 
Shorthorns, Troy, Pa. 
June 11.—Eastern Guernsey Breeders’ 
Association, annual sale of selected 
Guernseys, Devon, Pa. 
June 12.—Guernseys, Louis Merryman, 
Timonium, Md. 
May 30. — Guernseys, White Hall 
Farm, Waynesboro, Pa. 
Nov. 11-12-—Fond du Lac County Hol¬ 
stein Breeders’ Sale, Fond du Lac, Wis. 
S. II. Bird, South Byron, manager. 
Nov. 20—Fresh Cow Sale, California 
Breeders’ Pedigree and Sale Company, 
managers, Tulare, Cal. 
New Jersey Local Grain and Feed Prices 
(Supplied by New Jersey State Department of 1 
Agriculture, Bureau of Markets.) 
The following quotations show approxi¬ 
mate cost of feed per ton and grain per 
bushel in carlots, sight draft basis, de¬ 
livered on tracks at the various stations 
given below. The quotations are based 
on sales for transit, and nearby shipments 
May 12, 1924, according to the United 
States Bureau of Agricultural Economics 
co-operating. Feed all in 100-lb. sacks. 
Figures are for Belvidere, Washington, 
Milford, Highbridge, Flemington, French- 
town, Pas«aie, Hackettstown, Lebanon. 
Belle Meade, Califon Newton, Branch- 
ville, Sussex, Lafayette, Hopewell, New 
Brunswick, Mt. Holly, Dover, Paterson, 
Morristown, Elizabeth, Somerville, Tren¬ 
ton, Newark, Perth Amboy and Mont¬ 
clair : Per Bu. 
No. 2 white oats .$0.58% 
No. 3 white oats. 
No. 2 yellow corn . 
No. 3 yellow corn. 
Spring bran . 
Hard W. W. bran ... 
Spring middlings ..., 
Red-dog flour . 
White hominy . 
Yellow hominy . 
Gluten feed . 
Dry brewers’ grains . 
Flour middlings . 
36% cottonseed meal 
43% cottonseed meal 
34% linseed meal ... 
• • -57% 
.. .93% 
• • .93% 
Per Ton 
...$26.15 
... 27.90 
... 25.90 
... 38.40 
... 34.90 
... 34.40 
... 38.40 
... 31.40 
... 30.40 
... 45.40 
... 50.15 
... 44.60 
DOGS 
COLLIE PUPPIES and Grown Dogs 
Finest Quality. Bred for Brains and Beauty. Registered. 
Priced Low. SHERMAN BOWDEN FARM. Mansfield,Ohio 
Pure-bred Collie Pups * ,oto * ,Baccor< ? in i f to P€di 
Sltverlake Farm 
gree. 
One spayed female. 
Tilton, New Hampshire 
Black Puppies 
C. NYE 
from an Oorang Airedale bitch nnd 
a Collie—males, SB ; females. #2. 
- Lake Como, Pa. 
Scotch Shepard Pups 2moaths old 
Females. #3. F. A. SWEET 
Male, #6; 
Smyrna, N. Y. 
Trained Coon Hound-$40 t °h.i 
JAKE LONG Route 4 Mayport, Pa. 
W hite Collie Pups. Pedigreed. 2 months old, #15 up. 
Cholola Kennels - Rock Creek, Ohio 
Qedlgreed Collie Pups. The handsome and Intelligent 
I kind. Also Fox Terriers. NELSON BROS., Brore City, !*a. 
Thoroughbred Police Puppies. Also a good female Irish 
I Terrier, one year old. MEAD Amenta, N, V. 
pedigreed Police Pups, from country’s best blood. 
■ Reasonable. W. Janda Huntington, L. I., N Y. 
llredalo Puppies— Pure bred. Males, $15; females, #G. 
A A. CHUBB - Randolph, New York 
T rade Pedigreed Airedale Bitches for Malea, any 
breed. Earle Curtis - Torrlngton, Conn. 
GUERNSEYS 
Fritzlyn GUERNSEY BULLS 
One to fifteen months old, from #50 to #250. All 
A. R. dams, sired bv May Rose sire, with three of 
the May Hose 1,000-lb. cows back of him, also a few 
A. R. cows and- bred heifers. 
Write us age you want and price you wish to pay, 
and we will send you full-description and tabulated 
pedigree. Federal Accredited herd. 
WILLIAM F. FRETZ, PipersviUe, Pa. 
GUERNSEY MILK 
is bringing 10c and better at the Farm. Or¬ 
dinary milk around 6c. It costs no more to 
keep Guernseys. 
Get started now with a pure bred Guern¬ 
sey bull. 
We have high producing healthy stock, 
at reasonable prices. 
ROUGH WOOD GUERNSEY HERD 
Chestnut Hill, Mass. 
SWINE 
Fer Attention EASTERN Breeders tr Buyers of 
DUROC-JERSEY SWINE 
BRED SOWS AND GILTS 
One year and older. Bred to 
CREST DEFENDER 
Grand Champ. Conn. State Fair 1923. 
and 
ORION CHERRY LAD 
also 
LAST SPRING’S OPEN GILTS 
and 
This Fall’s Boar and Sow Pigs 
All reasonably priced. 
Satisfaction Guaranteed. 
We solicit correspondence. 
The CREST Farm. Millbrook. N. Y. 
riiirnco offer 50 feeders, weight around 100 lbs., for 
UUIUbS He lb. Elmwood Farms, Bradford, Now York 
Orion and Sensation Breed¬ 
ing. All ages for sale. 
F. M. Pattington & Son Merrllield, N. V- 
Bull Calves at Bargain Prices 
We offer Farmers and Breeders of Guernseys an op¬ 
portunity to secure exceptionally bred, healthy 
bulls, from a clean. Tuberculin Tested Herd at rea¬ 
sonable prices. King of the May—Dolly Dimple— 
Golden Secret, and Glenwood breeding out of A. R. 
dams or dams that will be tested. Write for saleslist 
and Pedigrees. Wkmlk MIKT firms, *. )?* tt.. FHIa., F» 
Tuscarora Farms Guernseys 
All ages, both male and female, for sale. May 
Rose. Governor of the Ohene and Golden Secret 
Breeding. A. R. stock. Prices reasonable. 
John W. Hollis 102 Main St.. Hornell. N.Y. 
TARBELL FARMS GUERNSEYS 
Bull calves and bulls of serviceable age. A. R. breeding. 
Prices very reasonable. Write for pedigrees. 
SMITHVIUE FLATS Chenango Co. New York 
For Sale—Guernsey tfeifers and Bulls 2 fl y r“Remand 
Grade. Reasonable. Greyrldge Farm, Stony Point, N.Y. 
JERSEYS 
Bull and Heifer Calves by Masterman’s Financier 
who is of the wune line of breeding as the Champion and 
Grand Champion females at the Syracuse National, and 
out of It. of M. dams. We still have a few bred cows and 
heifers left. BONO FARM 8 - Troy, Fa. 
ForSale “jcrseT^ Bulls, Cows, Heifers A Calves 
carrying the most popular blood lines. Send me your in¬ 
quiries. D. A. CURTIS - Jamestown, N.Y. 
HOLSTEINS 
16 JFLEG. HOLSTEINS FOR SALE 
2 to 5 yrs. old ; fresh from Nov. to March : of large size, 
nicely marked, best type. Capable of milking 40 qts. per 
day. Tuberculin tested ; 60 day retest, backed by the 
largest A. R. O. records, of Ormsby, Pietje and Pontiac 
breeding, and bred to a large record grandson of May 
Echo Sylvia (world record milk cow.) Several heifer 
ealvesanda yearling bull for sale. CII18. A. IIOWEM,, 
Ho..11., Drang. (!«., N.Y 70 miles west N. Y. C., Erie R. R. 
BROWN SWISS CATTLE J7] 
BROWN SWISS 
Accredited herd ef high producers. The year com¬ 
pleted in Dairy Improvement Association we had 
high cow and high average herd. Herd Bull: 
Lucile’s Milliter of Lake View 9744. Young stock 
for sale at reasonable prices. 
J. E. CALLINGS & SONS. Pavilion. N. Y. 
| MISCELLANEOUS | 
Don’t Pay Exorbitant Prices M1LC1IDOVV8 
100 Federal Tested and Accredited cows for sale. Or wil. 
buy same direct from farmcrson reasonable commission 
Telephone at once, my expense. JOHN F. BERJXMIR, Oarrt.vi 
Chester White Pigs, Collie, Beagle and Police Pups 
MEADOW SPRING FARM Chalfont, Pa. S H. NULL A SON 
USE A PURE-BRED BULL 
From time to time we have for sale hull calves from 
dams with Advance Registry records— Ayrshires, 
Guernseys, Holsteins, Jerseys,Milking Short 
Horns, Price, *50 at 30-days-old, registered, 
crated and delivered to express company. Address 
DEPARTMENT ANIMAL HUSBANDRY. Cornell University 
ITHACA NEW YORK 
HORSES 
Shetland Ponies 
Weanlings ready. Oldest herd in biggest Shetland 
Producing County in U. S. 
SHEEP 
12 Reg. Shropshire Ewes Lamfus for sale. Price, $300 
A-lstook. GUS SPERL, Sitvertr.nl E.lremonl Avc., Westchester, N.Y 
MILKING SHORTHORNS 
THilk-ixigSliortlioma 
Our cow, •' Dairy Maid,” ha« just made a new Shorthorn 
milk record for the U. S. A., 19,065 lbs. We invite inqui¬ 
ries. Walgrove Herd VVaahlngtonvIlle, N. Y. 
The Household Painter 
by A. Aahmun Kelly 
Practical directions for painting, deco¬ 
rating, papering, calcimining, wood fin¬ 
ishing and staining, varnishing, [.etc. 
Price $1.25 
From RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 W. 30th St. N. Y. 
DUROCS 
Orders acceptable now for Spring Pigs. 
$10 to $26. Excellent breeding, Olderstock. 
Elmwood Farmo.f. I. In 15, Bradford, N.Y. 
FEEDING PIGS FOR SALE 
Berkshire and Chester cross and Yorkshire 
and Chester eross. 6 weeks old $5.00, 7 to 8 
weeks old $5.50 each. These are all healthy 
and weaned, all good feeding pigs. I will 
ship any amount C. O. D. on approval up 
to 50 pigs. 
A. M. LUX, 206 Washington St., Woburn, Mass. 
FEEDING PIGS 
6 Weeks Old, $5.00 Each. I Weeks Old. $6.00 Each 
These pigs are the tlrst cross between Yorkshire and 
Berkshire Large Type Swine. All healthy and fast 
growing pigs. Sows or Barrows. 
Also Purebred Yorkshire or Berkshire Pigs, 6 to 8 
weeks old, #8.4)0 each. Can furnish sow and unre¬ 
lated boar pigs. All pigs C.O.D. on approval. 
Dr. P. F. WALLINGFORD, M D. V.. Box 51. Wxltham, Mass. 
FEEDING PIGS FOR SALE 
Yorkshire and Chester eross and Chester and 
Berkshire eross; 6 weeks old $5.50 each, 7 weeks 
old $6 each and 8 weeks old $6.50 each ; those 
pigs are weaned and eating, size and quality 
to start to raise a hog. I will ship from 1 to 75 
C. O. I), and when you receive them and if 
not satisfactory return pigs and your money 
will be returned. No charge for crating. 
Walter Lux. 388 Salem St.. Woburn, Mass. Tel. 0086 
LARGE BERKSHIRES 
AT HIGHWOOD 
Service boars, weanling pigs, bred gilts and sows. 
We have bred the leading Grand Champion boars of 
recent years. These animals are close kin to them. 
H. C. & H. B. HARPENDING Box 15 Dundee, N.Y. 
BERKSHIRE of Size and Quality 
Spring pigs and service hoars of Grand Champion 
breeding. Low price. RICHARD E. WAIS, Lebanon, N J. 
P almoor Berkshire*. Sows and gilts bred to prize win¬ 
ning boa) . Also young stock. fftTMOOR FARMS, HarffieiV. N T. 
b,b\ e y g p E CHESTER WHITES 
Service Boars. (Tilts, Spring pigs, ready for ship¬ 
ment. CLYDE B. THOMAS, R. No, 3. Boonsboro, Maryland 
HAMPSHIRE Pigs 
Nice Spring pigs and bred gilts. Free circular. 
LOCUST LAWN FARM Box R Elverson. Pa. 
C J A No. 1 Reg. March pigs, #10 each. Pairs, no- 
€ akin. Easy feeding Big Type stock, liest of 
* breeding.-Sat. guar. R. HILL, Sanies Fills, N.Y. 
Pure bred Boar Pigs—ready for Spring service. 
Price reasonable. Swetland Farm, Mayville. N.Y. 
100 PIGS— 0 . 1 . C., Chester White and Durocs 
6 weeks old, $4.75 ; 8 weeks old, $5.50. All taught to 
eat. Oaks Dairy Farm Wyalualng, Fa. 
CHESTER WHITES AND BERKSHIRES 
Durocs, 6 wks. old, $5 each. Pigs are ready to ship. 
ROUSE BROS. - Dushore, Pa. 
Beglstered 4). I. C. and Oberter White pipe 
n Eugene P. Rogers Weyvllte, N. Y. T IVjO 
GOATS 
FOR SALE— AT SACRIFICE’PRICES 
BUCK—Ace’s Colonel, hornless, purebred, regis¬ 
tered. No. 12380, 3 years old. #50, cost $75. 
DOE— Ace’s Glory, purebred, registered. No. 12383, 
dehorned, three years old, due to freshen. May, 
#7 6, cost $125. 
DOE— Purebred, not registered, Ace farm Stock, 
hornless, 3 years old, due to freshen soon, #40. 
SUNNY FARM Jt. D. 1 Newburgh, N. Y. 
EXCEPTIONAL OFFER OF 
Pure TOGGENBURG BUCKS 
High quality mature bucks at #45. 
8. J. SHAKPLES Centre .Square, Pa. 
Wanted- Herd of 50 Goats 
L. 8. WHITE 220 W. 42nd St., New York City 
ATC (Nubian*, Toggenbergs, pure 
< breds ami high grades. 
SACRIFICED I MT. KEMBLE FARMS. Morristown. N. J. 
MILK GOATS 
Kids, #10; Does, $20 up. 
Thao. B. Qaaklll New Egypt, N. J. 
SWISS MILK GOATS; also bucks. ENDRES, Westbrook, Conn. 
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BRADFORD COUNTY 
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6th Annual Milking Shorthorn Sale 
Sale Pavilion, Troy, Pa. Saturday, June 7th, 1924 
An established occasion for recognized breeders as well as beginners to secure Milking Shorthorns of 
proven dual purpose quality of the dependable Clay Blood. Catalog now ready for distribution. It 
supplies detailed information on the cattle and all oale management affairs. 
Apply to D. K. SLOAN, Sect., Towanda, Pa, 
