Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-04-24
VETERINARY MATTERS.
Answers to Correspondents.
Country Gentlemen.

Answers to Correspondents
Country Gentlemen
STRINGHALT.-I have fine horse, pur-
chased a short time since, and said to be
sound. Soon after he got home I was
driving him and first noticed that he had
slight strlnghalt in left hind leg. Can
I cure him? If so, please prescribe such
remedies as l can purchase here. F. Co..
iegtOTa, Ky. 1t isan incurable disease as
a rule. If produced from SPAWN, and the
lameness of that is removed, the string
halt also frequently disappears. AS the
warm weather returns, he will not show
it so much, probably.l
INDIGESTION IN HoG.-I have a boar
about eleven months old that will not
eat. He was thin when bought him in
November, and does not improve. He
was fed corn on cob, then changed to
corn meal, but he will not eat more than
quart in a day. He runs at the eyes
and shakes his head a good deal. Can
you prescribe? G. Duchess Co., ~ Y.
Give him J OF. of spirits of turpentine
in slop. Then twice daily after, DIR.
fluid extract of gentian and 10 drops of
fluid extract of colchicum seed. If this
does no good make a better examina-
ton and report.
Cow GIVING BLOODY MILK.-A few
weeks ago you sent me prescription for
an affected teat which gave pink milk,
some days better, and some days worse
The powders were given, and the milk
has not been affected to any appreciable
extent for the past week. It is about
two weeks since the last powder was
given. The affected teat, however, still
feels much the same to the touch, al
though the Inflammation seems to have
departed, and there is not the slightest
tenderness about it. There still remains,
however, the gristly substance on the in
side; it feels like two pieces of large
Irvine about an inch long, side by side
VIII it affect the cow any more? The
cow is little over two years old. She is
giving two gallons per day. When the
teat was at its worst it gave more milk
than any of the others, and as it got bet
ter the quantity went down to about the
same as the other back teat E. r. H,
Athens, Ga. Give the animal table
spoonful of the following powder twice
daily: Powdered cOlchicum, 2 o.; DOW
dered IOdide potassium, 3 o.; gallo acid,
2 o., and powdered gentian root o.;
mix. If the COW were not in milk we
could treat the teat locally, but cannot
now. Think she is doing well.
CELLULITIs.-I have a horse seven
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twice its natural size, but there is not any
inflammation. On the hook joint was an
enlargement which I blistered so thor
oughly that the leg swelled hard. Some
think that caused the sheath to swell.
The horse is well and is doing well F.
W. Jefferson County, N. Y. You do not
say when the blister was applied. If
there Is any grease on the leg, wash it
off and leave it clean. Give him 2 ounc-
es of spirits of turpentine and l dram
of fluid extract of coIchicum seed in a
pint of raw oil, and repeat next day.
Exercise every day.
INJURY TO HORSES SHoULDER.-About
Jan. LIST, my man found my horse with
his halter off, and evidently, in an effort
to turn around in the stall, he had be-
come fixed. The man found him lying
down with his body parallel with the
manger; he was stuck fast and rested on
his left fOre-shOulder. After getting HIM
up his shoulder swelled up in a ridge
about the size of mans arm, from the
summit of the shoulder of the Joint
(shoulder). He goes lame in that leg
and joint; he is not so badly lame as to
make him useless, and he is in good
health. drive him about five miles
every day. L. B. B. Elizabeth, ~. J..
| You should have attended to the ami
mai sooner. Clip the hair of the Shout
der and apply blister.
WARTS ON HoRsEs.-I have a six-year
old horse that has Wart about half way
between the eye and nostril, and anoth-
er on the ankle Of a hind leg. They
have been on about six months and are
quite large, and the one on the ankle
gets sore. B. F.. ". Leeds, " 2. THE
only efectual way of treating them is to
dissect them out and heal them. I do
not think you can treat them otherwise
with any good effect.
INJURY TO TEAT.-Some two monthsago
one OF my COWS received an injury to the
end OF one of her teats. When it began
to heal the scab became so thick that
was unable to milk it, and let that quar-
ter OF her udder dry up. It became quite
hard at first, but that has all disappeared
except hard bunch about the size of an
egg near the base of the teat. The teat
appears all right now. She is due March
] 10. VII her udder be all right when