New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-04-23
Spring Care ef stsck.

VI 10Em BUOCks especially On young 6ue
finals, II the best Of care has not been
given them through the previous win
ter. The farmer should begin to look
well to his cattle % the winter wears
away. a careful, observant man win
readily detect those animals which are
not in proper condition, by their mel
ancholY air. The hair will have lost
it's natural gloss, and in place Of soft,
silky feel to the touch, will be dry and
harsh, much Of it often :. turning the
wrong way" The eye of an animal in
perfect health is bright, clesr and gen.
orally mild. One out of condition
shows dull, listless eye as well as .
harsh coat. The horns of q mature
COW or OK are apt to be cold if the ami
NAL is ailing, and among the old.
school farmers and cow-doctors the
disease was pronounced "hollow-
horn" and q gimlet-h hole was forthwith
bored In the underside of each horn
about two inches from the head.
The horn is indeed hollow, and, like
cold extremities in people, indicates .
low condition of health and lack of Vi
tality. A liberal supply of healthy
blood is the remedy. Boring hole in
the horn does not injure the animal,
and sometimes seems to give relief.
But the real trouble is generally the
low condition of the animal, and extra
care should at once be given. A more
nutritious diet is demanded and succu-
lent food. If turnips or potatoes, or
amy kind ct roots, can be had, light
feed of them daily, chopped up and
sprinkled with meal, is the best treat
ment that can be practiced. A gener-
Gus ration of wheat-bran mixed with
corn-meal should be fed with few
spoonfuls of flax-seed, first pouring
boiling water on the hax-seed, and al
lowing it to stand till it ccols, then mix
with the meal and bran. Calves espe-
cially should be closely looked after a.
spring approaches, and treated as
above directed. Lice are frequently q
great pest to cattle in the latter part of
winter and spring, and if not attend
ed to calves are much weakened and
often die from the effects of vermin.
Examine the animals, and if these in
sects are discovered on them, mix coal
oil and lard equal parts and apply the
ointment to the animals back from
the horn to the root of the tail. Rub
the salve in about the roots of the
horns, around the ears, the loose skin
under the throat, and wherever the in.
sects are found clustering. A good
carding occasionally will assist great
~ in cleaning out the vermin and bring
ing the animal up to better condi-
ton. Water in which potatoes have
been boiled is said to be fatal to cattle
lice. There are numerous remedies
which, if properly used, will clean the
animals of these ugly parasites
Any animals, whether cattle, horses,
sheep or pigs, which show symptoms
of having run down during the season
of cold weather and dry food, should
have immediate attention, and the
same mode of treatment will be found
beneficial to all. An extra ration daily
Of nourishing, succulent food, will give
tone to the animal and an improved
condition will be speedily manif EST.
Animals needing extra care should
be separated from the more hardy and
strong ones, and fed by themselves,
where they can consume their food
quietly without being knocked about
and kept in fear, which is always an in
jury to the weaker animals.
Such care and attention is considered
quite hardship and very much bother
by many farmers. But the choice lies
between proper care and attention to
stock in the most trying season of the
year, an early start and rapid growth
when spring opens with the resulting
pecuniary profit. and neglect, with the
certainty of rundown stock in the
spring, which will require the profita-
BILE part of the grazing season to re-
store to thrifty condition, with the
uever.failing result small profit or
none at all to the owner. The careful
farmer is the farmer who is always
found in the most prosperous condition.
-Kaasas Farmer.