Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-07-19
Caked Baa or Garqet.


b. F. Willard writes to the Country
Gentleman upon this subject as follows;
Cows within month of calving should
have no meal or other rich food, but should
be fed with good hay and few roots, not
more than peck daily, not quite as much
as usual for few days before they are ex-
pected to calve. They should be allowed
to calve tied up, and so remain until they
have "cleaned"-the calf being allowed to
run free As soon as COW has Cleaned"
she should have pail of water about milk
warm, in which five drops of tincture of
aconite root has been dropped; the water
to be given at least two days, three times
daily the aconite to be repeated if any in
t1ammation is present in or about the bag.
If the bag is caked, rub it with the follow
ing Linseed oil, one ounce kerosene, one
ounce; tincture of aconite, % drops, or
double the tincture if very badly caked.
Milk the COW as soon as possible, allow the
calf to have free access to the COW for one
day, then tie the calf and allow it to suck
morning and evening, having first MIXED
as much from the cow as will require the
calf to go little short of full meal for the
first two or three days. The above is the
treatment for cows when fed in the barn.
When out at grass, no hay or roots need be
given. [ do not approve of giving meal or
bran, either dry or wet, to cows Just calv-
ed, as / do not think it best to cause
great flow Of milk for the first week after
that time there is not much danger of feed
ing too well-in fact, I regard COW as
sort of milk machine, to be run with care,
returning profit in proportion to outlay.
Above all, if my brother farmers wish
their COWS to do we'll, let them see that at
least hay enough for the cows in milk is
cut early, say when the earliest heads are
just blossoming; cut in the morning before
10; take good care of it, and have all in
the barn before four p. m. if a good day
putting from three TO six quarts of salt to
the ton, according to the condition of the
hay. have got all my hay as above for
the last five years, excepting clover, and
have never had pound injured. Cows
feeding on this hay will give nearly as much
milk, and make about as much butter. as
when feeding on grass, and will seldom
have swollen udders or garget, so-called.
If when out at grass a cows bag, from
any cause becomes infamed or swollen,
keep her few days, feeding on hay and
giving the warm water with aconite as
above, using the liniment if needed. /
have taken the above course for the last
seven years, and have never had a caked
bag in any case where I had kept the COW,
but sometimes when | have purchased one
a short time before calying have had some
Inflammation and hardness of the udder
for q day or two.
Never dose COW with saltpetre or any
other such vile trash, as I have known sew
en- or eight cases where cows were injured
very much, and one in which the COW died
from the use of saltpetre.
The liniment above mentioned is excel /
,ert to use in case Of chapred teats. or the .
kerosene may be omitted. Be careful not
% u-e more than fve or six drops of the
tinc,ure, and remember it is deadly poi
son, and ought always to be kept in a Sc
cure place.