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<Iht  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
January  6,  1923 
“The  Home 
Cow  Doctor” 
— this  is  the  title  of  a  genuine¬ 
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diseases,  and  how  to  success¬ 
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C\  /*  O  NEED  to  tell  you  that  calving  is  a  severe  strain 
on  the  vital  organs  of  even  the  most  vigorous 
dairy  cow.  In  the  shock  and  strain  lurk  many 
hazards  to  health  and  milk-giving. 
The  genital  and  digestive  organs,  carrying  the  burden 
of  this  function,  need  help.  They  need  a  real  friend 
before,  during  and  after. 
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calf-birth  in  perfedt  condition  its  use  in  this  emergency 
is  known  in  most  well-regulated  dairies. 
The  use  of  Kow-Kare  is  neither  expensive  nor  diffi¬ 
cult.  Just  a  tablespoonful  of  the  medicine  in  the  feed  twice 
a  day  for  two  weeks  before  and  for  two  or  three  weeks 
after  calf-birth.  A  few  cents  spent  to  assist  nature  will  re¬ 
pay  you  with  a  healthy,  produ&ive  milker  and  a  vigor¬ 
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Kow-Kare  is  equally  effective  in  treating  Retard 
Afterbirth ,  Abortion ,  Barrenness ,  Scouring ,  Bunches,  Milk 
Fever,  Loss  of  Appetite,  etc.  Many  dairymen  feed  Kow- 
Kare  one  week  each  month  to  every  cow,  and  realize  big 
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1.  I  want  to  start  with  buying  12  R.  I. 
Reds.  Single  Comb  pullets,  and  one  cock¬ 
erel.  How  large  a  chicken  house  would 
I  have  to  build?  Should  I  just  build  a 
place  big  enough  for  them  for  the  pres¬ 
ent.  or  should  I  build  a  house  big  enough 
for  either  50  or  100  birds?  There  seems 
to  be  lots  of  rats  in  this  neighborhood, 
and  would  have  to  make  sure  that  they 
could  not  get  in  it.  About  how  much 
lumber  would  it  take,  and  what  would’  it 
cost  me?  I  have  quite  a  little  old  lum¬ 
ber  from  rebuilding  my  bungalow.  I  have 
a  lot  100x100  ft.,  and  I  would  give  them 
quite  a  place  to  run.  2.  I  would  also 
like  to  get  a  pair  of  white  lambs.  What 
kind  would  you  advise  me  to  get?  Do 
they  require  more  than  a  shed  in  the 
Winter,  or  would  it  be  wise  to  buy  them 
in  Spring?  I  thought  it  a  good  idea  to 
have  the  sheep  eat  up  all  the  green  stuff 
growing  here,  as  the  place  has  never  been 
cleared  from  trees.  I  also  want  to  get  a 
pair  of  pigs.  What  kind  would  you  ad¬ 
vise  me  to  get?  L.  L. 
Fanwood.  N.  J. 
1.  If  you  have  bits  of  lumber  left  from 
another  building,  it  will  probably  pay 
you  best  to  have  your  carpenter  or  handy 
man  put  you  up  a  small  building,  say 
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you  could  use  this  later  for  a  brooder- 
house  if  you  cared  to  keep  more  fowls. 
Give  the  flock  whatever  run  you  wish  to 
enclose,  if  you  do  not  care  to  let  it  have 
the  liberty  of  the  premises.  If  your  little 
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and  is  set  up  a  little  above  ground,  or  has 
a  concrete  floor  on  the  ground,  rats  will 
not  be  likely  to  trouble  you.  The  cost 
will  depend  entirely  upon  what  you  are 
obliged  to  purchase  and  pay  your  builder. 
With  old  lumber  to  use,  it  should  not 
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2.  If  you  have  R.  I.  Red  fowls,  why 
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harmonious  color  scheme  in  the  live  stock 
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Heaves  or  Emphysema  of  the  Lunfjs 
My  young  mare  has  heaves  very  badly. 
I  want  to  cure  her  if  possible,  or  help 
her.  j.  D.  M. 
Pennsylvania. 
Unfortunately,  there  is  no  perfect  cure 
for  established  heaves,  or  true  emphysema 
of  the  lungs.  The  reason  is  that  that 
disease  is  not  only  due  to  chronic  indi¬ 
gestion.  but  has  caused  a  broken  down 
condition  of  the  tiny  air  cells  of  the 
lungs,  so  that  the  large  ones  resulting 
cannot  perfectly  perform  'the  function  of 
expelling  air.  The  consequence  is  that 
the  abdominal  muscles  have  to  be  brought 
into  play  to  help  the  lungs  expel  air,  and 
tT#t  causes  the  double  bellows  like  action 
of  the  flanks,  seen  when  standing  behind 
the  affected  horse.  Gas  may  also  be  ex¬ 
pelled  from  the  rectum  at  ’the  same  time. 
The  chronic  cough  characteristic  of 
heaves  is  due  to  the  condition  of  the 
lungs,  and  it  is  aggravated  by  dust  in 
feed  and  bulky  roughage  and  working  the 
horse  immediately  after  such  a  meal 
when  distended  with  feed.  Such  treat¬ 
ment  is  also  the  original  cause  of  heaves, 
which  most  affects  gluttonous  horses..  It 
is,  however,  possible,  but  comparatively 
rare,  for  a  horse  to  suffer  from  a  form  of 
asthma,  which  is  not  true  heaves,  and 
that  is  more  amenable  to  treatment.  Such 
asthma  is  always  aggravated  by  damp, 
muggy,  warm  weather,  before  a  thunder¬ 
storm,  or  at  times  of  prolonged  rains. 
Damp,  hot.  foul,  badly  ventilated,  dark 
stables  also  favor  causing  of  heaves  and 
of  asthma.  The  distress  of  heaves  may  be 
relieved  somewhat  by  giving  the  horse 
proprietary  heave  remedies,  or  mixing  in 
each  feed  a  teaspoonful  of  a  mixture  of 
equal  quantities,  by  weight,  of  powdered 
stramonium  leaves  and  chlorid  of  am¬ 
monia.  The  latter  powder  is  especially 
helpful  in  the  asthmatic  form  of  heaves. 
For  true  heaves  more  benefit  usually  is 
had  from  a  tablespoonful  dose  of  Fow¬ 
ler’s  solution  of  arsenic  given  night  and 
morning  in  a  little  water  or  sprinkled  on 
the  feed.  The  dose  may  be  increased  for 
a  large  horse,  or  given  three  times  daily 
after  it  has  been  administered  for  a  week. 
It  should  gradually  be  discontinued  when 
no  longer  needed,  taking  at  least  10  days 
to  the  process.  Also  wet  all  feed  with 
limewater,  keep  the  bowels  active,  if  nec¬ 
essary  to  that  end  feeding  bran  mashes 
and  adding  two  or  three  ounces  of  raw 
linseed  oil  daily,  and  do  not  give  any 
bulky  feed  at  noon.  If  the  mare  has  to 
work  hard,  do  not  work  her  immediately 
after  a  meal.  Feed  wet  oat  straw  and 
corn  stover  in  preference,  to  hay  in  Win¬ 
ter,  and  let  the  mare  live  on  grass  in 
Summer.  Feed  carrots  or  parsnips,  oats 
and  wheat  bran.  Allow  free  access  to 
rock  salt.  a.  s.  a. 
