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American Agriculturist, December 20, 1924 
// These Answers May Save One ot Your Animals 
F OLLOWING are a number of ques- It is sometimes better to fatten the 
tions and answers about cow troubles animal for the butcher after an abortion, 
which some of our readers have been Would suggest that you call vour 
experiencing in their herds. These in- local veterinarian and have him examine 
I] quiries are representative of hundreds the animal 'for any foreign substance 
which come to our veterinary advisor, that may be causing the condition of 
We are publishing a few of the more which you speak. 
They'll do it, and thank you for the chance. Here’s 
how. You can fill a Harder Silo with succulent silage 
for less than the cost of husking, hauling and stack¬ 
ing the dry fodder. And when you come tQ feed it, 
it will be worth twice as much, to say nothing of be¬ 
ing easier to handle. At the end of the feeding 
season your cows will have paid for a handsome new 
Harder-Victor Front Silo. 
Harder Easy-Payment Plan 
Under this liberal new plan you can meet the pay¬ 
ments out of the increase in your milk check and the 
saving in feed cost. You can’t afford to go through 
another season without a silo when your cows will 
pay for the best silo ever put on a foundation. 
Write for our free book, “Saving with Silos.” and partial- 
lars of Our easy-payment plan. Study the strong points of 
Harder construction. Learn how you can make bigger profits 
ers in general. Obviously we cannot N 
publish all of the inquiries which coni, months. Last week : 
in. Some inquiries cannot be answered left side, and then a 
with any degree of definiteness due to £* p £ ft of u |g£ fL 
the lack of adequate information to fist appeared betweer 
make an intelligent diagnosis possible J>d be 
or due to the fact that in many instances at night once a day. 
the animal in question must be exam- mixed hay for rougl 
. , ....... ,• tr „ quarts twice a day.- 
ined for additional information before a N y. 
thorough diagnosis can be made. npHE trouble i: 
Only inquiries that are signed by the J, mation of th< 
reader's full name and address receive properly treated, 
consideration. All inquiries are answered j zed and forms t 
by mail by our veterinary advisor. Many tQ en i ar g e and £ 
send in questions signed with initials ^rely. 
asking that the answer be published in Operations are 
the columns of American Agricultur- a ] wa ys succe 
ist. These questions receive no consul- thg tumor and 
eration. If your inquiry is used your mus , be 
name will be kept strictly confidential. 
Just Like Having 
- Green Pasture All Winter 
Dry winter feeds are harder to digest, harder to assimilate tnan the 
tender, green food your cows enjoy in summer. The added strain on i 
the milk-making function naturaliy reduces the milk yield in winter—' 
-unless something is done to invigorate these important organs. 
Kow-Kare accomplishes just what is needed. It is a wonderful 
builder of natural vigor in the genital and digestive organs. A table- 
spoonful given with the feed twice a day, one week out of each month, 
•will pay for its slight cost many times over in increased milk-flow. 
Besides, vour cows will not become the prey of such ailments as Bar¬ 
renness, Abortion, Retained Afterbirth, Scours, Milk Fever, Garget, 
Lost Appetite, etc., all oGwhich result from sluggish digestive 
and genital organs. 
If you are troubled with any of these diseases in the herd, Kow-Kare 
will correct the trouble. For over twenty-five years it has been 
“The Homs Cow Doctor” to many thousands of cow owners. 
Let Kow-Kare work for you this 'winter. Start now; your feed 
dealer, general store or druggist has it—in $1.25 and 65c sizes. Or wo 
will send by mail, postpaid on receipt of price. 
Send for valuable free book. “The Home Cow Doctor”. Cow own¬ 
ers use nearly one million copies of this book yearly. Thousands say 
they could not get along without its help. 
to find out if a cow has tubercu os s a veterinarian. Hot fomentations every 
method which is used in testing. It looks as it 
they grafted the disease into the system and if half hour, for twenty-four hours, Using 
they do it must he just as dangerous to use the suspensory bandage to hold up teat, 
milk as if the cow got it from some other source. : , , , . r 
Tlmow they say you must not use the milk from may help some. Also try the applica- 
the condemned cattle but isn’t it in the milk from t ; on D f camphorated oil or belladonna 
those that are strong enough to withstand the test. 
Some of the cows tested in this neighborhood Olllimeru. 
last fall lost their calves during the test and it y * * * 
docs not look as if anything as deadly as that * i 
would be conducive to good health or to prevent- Trouble With Weathers 
ing the disease. It is directly opposite to the aw j have a fine young Holstein cow not quite 
they say they have in California which forbids three years old# She freshened in December, but 
the feeding of turnips to milch cows.—L. M. IN.. since ghe came fresh shc cast her weatherS- 1 
Chautauqua County, IN. Y. have put it back in place twice and tied down the 
T HE test recommended by the Bureau tail. It stayed in place for two months after 
of Animal Industry of the Federal gj, e eats goo d an d seemed all right every day. 
Government, is the only true test for until this week. Now she seems to be in the 
. r 1 • same condition and I have again put it back and 
tUDercuiOSis. _ . tied down the tail. Will you kindly let me know 
The Condition Of wnicn you speaK IS j£ there is any cure or anything more to be done 
abortion and we do not think it was or any medicine that might help her.—W. W. H., 
caused in any way by the test. ^7;, Pa ', . . . 
Tuberculosis is a constitutional dis- p ROM the description you have given 
ease, specific and infective. That it is 1 * would lead us to infer that there 
a blood disease is proved by the fact 13 a foreign substance causing the am- 
that it very frequently affects many or- m *l ^ strain and the ligaments holding 
f , j,, the organ in place, 
gans of the body. ... , , . . ,, , , 
There is no law of any State that Would suggest that you call your local 
overcomes the Law of the Federal Bu- veterinarian and have him examine the 
reau of Animal Industry. animal. 
The feeding of turnips has nothing to . I* a condition of this kind it is some- 
rasrs times advisable to fatten for the butcher. 
flffnr We are offering choice of two bull 
opflCiat Ullpf ca j ves a fi ou t eight months old for 
Price $100.00 
Both bulls sired by May Rose bulls and out of 
cows either on test or with official records. Send 
for pedigrees and description, they are bargains. 
Herd officially tested for tuberculosis. 
OAKS FARM Cohasset, Mass. 
HOLSTEINS & GUERNSEYS 
250 head of fresh cows and close springers to 
select from. If you are in the market for fancy- 
young cows that are large in size and heavy pro¬ 
ducers it will pay you to see this stock. Tuber¬ 
culin test. 
A. F. SAUNDERS, Cortland, N. Y. 
Telephone 1476 
For Succulence 
Makes the whole ra¬ 
tion more palatable 
and diges- /|gpp 
tible — result- jKJ|||||j 
ing in greater 
milk pro- 
duction JB 
without Wf 
greater 
cost. 
Ask your feed dealer. 
The Larrowe Milling Co. 
Detroit, Mich. 527 
* * * Treatment for Scours 
Disinfect for Abortion Can you tell me what to do for the white 
. , scours in calves. I have been troubled with it 
Will you please send me information in regard £ or t ^ iree or f our years. As soon as it comes 
to a Guernsey heifer that lost calf at five months. S p rbn g j cannot raise a calf or veal one, as they 
Had veterinary take afterbirth, and heifer was in g e ^ tfi e white scours and all I can do for them 
fine condition, but cannot get her with calf. L. t jj e y w fij jig j n the end. Can you tell me what 
E. J., Orleans County, N. Y. the cause is and what I, can do to prevent this? 
F ROM the description you have given E. S., Susquehanna County, Pa. 
it would lead us to infer that the con- VV^HITE Scours are caused from the 
dition was caused from abortion, which VV improper feeding or from the 
A-l ensilage, a bushel to a feeding twice daily, drinking water. 
frequently is due to the nature of the We would suggest that you give the 
food and other influences, such as too calves, one to two ounces of castor oil, 
frequently going to the bull, by various depending oir the size or age of the 
kinds of injury, by injudicious use of animals, then procure Salarabin from 
cathartics, by violent coughing, by drink- Ernest Bischoff Co., Inc., of New York 
ing impure water or the presence of a City, and 'give the calves one to two 
fungi on the food. tablespoonsful in their feed, four times 
Treatment after an abortion, first the a day. 
sometimes stimulants and tonics are We have used this preparation in our 
needed, the disinfection of all places practice and find it wonderful for the 
where abortion has occurred. condition. 
I ftCUrn Reg- Jersey bull 6 months old 
UrrEiIV. -whose dams produced 18,050 lb. 
milk, 938 lb. fat. 12,000 lb. milk, 600 lb. fat 
each per year. Buy now for next Spring 
and save half cost of bull. Price $75. 
S. B. Hunt Hunt, N. Y. 
SWINE BREEDERS 
Yorkshire and Chester Cross and Berkshire 
and Chester Cross. All good healthy pigs 
six to seven weeks old, $3.75 each; eight 
weeks old, $4.00 each. I wiil ship from one 
to fifty C.O.D. on your approval. No charge 
for crating. 
A. M. LUX, 206 Washington St., Woburn, Mass' 
REGISTERED O. 1. C's 
Why not own the best? Start with an 
early Fall pig for a breeder at $10 each. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. Lewis R. Shuster, 
Seneca Falls, N. Y. 
Froo PafaJftf* In colors explains 
how you can save 
money on Farm Truck or Road 
Wagons, also steel or wood wheels to fit 
any run nj n g 
Electric Wheel Co. 
2 Elm St., Quincy, 111 
Kill a Kow! 
I will be glad to cooperate, providing at least one thousand 
other dairymen will do the same, in selling or killing FOR 
BEEF PURPOSES at least one of the poorest producers in 
my herd between now and March 1, 1925, 
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