Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-06-13
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DR.. J. B. RITcHEY, EDITOR.
The Treatment of Garget in Cows.
American Agriculturist.

American Agriculturist
Garget, or caked udder, which is
known to medical men as Mammitis,
or inflammation of the udder, is most
common in the spring when cows are
about to come in. 1t prevails more
or less at all seasons, especiallyamong
large mixers and highly fed cows,
and to some extent in cows that are
badly cared for, and exposed to the
rigors of the weather. The first indi-
cation of it is a hardness of the udder,
and a stoppage of the flow Of milk, or
the appearance of thick, stringy mat
ter in place of milk. Sometimes it
appears in the form of blood-like mat
ter in the milk. This may not be APP
parent until the milk is set for cream,
when the red matter is found at the
bottom of the pan. In very rare
cases nothing but blood-lille fluid is
drawn from the teats, and this some
times continues for weeks.
The disease may be produced by
various causes. Physical injury to
the udder, as by blows, pressure, I'M
due exercise when the udder is full Of
milk, exposure to cold by lying upon
snow or ice, or in wet places, or in
cold barns over-feeding, chiefly be-
fore calving, or too soon after it; or
by forcing the COW to large produc-
ton; or by constitutional tendency
to it when she is near calving; all
these are frequent causes Of this dis
order. There are cases in which from
some physical defect in the udder,
the glands are unable to secrete milk
from the blood, but exude the blood
itself, or an imperfect milk, which
has some of the properties of the
blood Chiefly it is red glOblues or col
Oring NATTER and which throws up
cream very little differing from ordi-
nary milk. Such cases are very rare,
and wholly incurable.
Garget is more easily prevented
than cured. This remark will apply
to the whole list of diseases and other
troubles, to which cows are subject
A careful, observant dairyman, may
not have case of it in his dairy fol
years, while neighbor may be losing
half his product by it. Prevention
lies in very careful feeding for few
weeks before calving, during which
time no grain food should be given
avoiding excess Ofrich food, especially
of cotton seed meal, which is a dan
gerous food in this respect, on &C
count of its highly heterogeneous char
acter; by carefully providing warn
shelter and bedding for cows at al
times, and avoiding exposure to Sc
we're weather, especially to cold rain,
and damp SHOWS; and lastly by care
full driving, and the Punishment O
dogs from a farm where cows ART
kept.
The treatment consists in giving /;
cooling purgative, as pound of Ep
som salts, repeated after two or thre
days also in warm lamentations O
the bag, with gentle rubbing ant
kneading Of the hard portions of tn,
udder until they are softened, ant
then after the udder has been drieC
with soft towel, to apply camphora
ted soap liniment, mixed with al
equal part Of ether this is to be wei
rubbed into the skin with the hand
This tends to allay the Inflammation
and prevent swelling of the glands
All the milk should be drawn off.
it is thick and ropy, a solution of cal
Donate of soda or saleratus in warn
water, should be injected into tn
teats, and after few minutes mike
out. This alkaline injection will eli,
solve the curdled, acid milk, an
bring it to a condition to be draw
off with ease.
Garget in Cow.