The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-03-08
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS ron
OUR RURAL READERS.
low Successful Farmers Operate This
Department Of tho Homestead Hints
as TO the Care Of Live stock aud
Poultry.


DR.. John s. Meyer, Missouri vcter.
marian Of prominence, spoke as fol-
lows at Missouri institute.
"Mammitis,r or Inflammation Of the
milk gland, Is commonly called gapget.
IL Is an affection 10 which cows and
heifers are prone at any time Of the
year. Mammitis is Of rare occurrence
In the mare or fillics
CAUsEs. -Irregularitics OF diet; the
direct application Of cold or heat; ex-
posture 10 cold and damp; retention OF
milk; insufficient and careless milk
ing; over stocking; over driving with
distendcd uddcr; Commissions and exter-
nal injuries, as blows, bruises or
wounds, or q too plcthoric condition
OF the system.
SYMPTOMS. 90 Enlargement OF the
uddcr, with heat; rcdness; excessively
tender, aud hard, consolidated feel
OF the part more particularly affected,
attended not unfrequently, when the
hind quarters arc affected, with n
straddllng gait; the sub.cutaneous
veins are distcndcd and corded. On
drawing the tcat, instead OF normal
milk issuing, thin yellowish fluid is
passed, which, as the disease proceeds,
becomes denscr and fmtld, and mingled
with it,curdled Jumps, due 10 an ncidu-
lated change In It's composition. The
constitutional disturbance Is often
considerable, indicated by n quick
pulse, increased breathing, rising OF
temperature, suspended ruminatlon
and appetite, a decrease In the guam
tity Of milk from the unaffected quar-
tiers, and irregular excavations OF
the bowels. As the disease pro-
ceeds, all these symptoms become aug.
mentcd; the uddcr increases In size,
the hardness gives away TO soft, pit
ting, doughty feel, resulting from the
formation OF pus, which, II allowed to
find an outlet itself, leaves behind
ragged, sloughing wound. To this
succeeds modification, indurntion or
atrophy, the finale OF which Is n par
tial II not total loss Of the quarter; or
modification may extend 10 the whole
gland and cause the death Of the ami
NAL. Acute mammitls seldom attacks
the whole gland, but is confined 10 one
or more quarters, and Is expressed by
swelling, heat, pain and redness OF
the part inilAmed, with an alteration
In the physical properties Of the milk,
which Is curdled, whey like and mixed
with blood.
The emulation formed In the sub
stance OF the glands very frequently
destroys It's secreting properties, block
ing up the acini, lactiferous ducts and
sinusos, and leading to the conversion
OF glandular structure into n mass OF
hbrous tissue. This alteration OF
structure Is followed by wasting Of
the previously swollen part, which be-
comes hard, almost cartilaginous
mass, smaller than the healthy portion
OF the gland, and constitutes an un-
soundncss.
A COW with only three quarters OF
the udder secreting milk Is OF less value
than when the whole Is intact. In
some instances the secreting proper.
ties may return after the next calying,
but In others this desirable result IL
not obtained. II Is nevertheless sur
prising, the amount of pain and suffer
ing cattle go through, without speedy
and fatal termination, In comparison
with other animals, particularly the
horse.
TREArMENr.-R emoval OF the exist
Ing cause, II taken In hand early; hot
lamentations, such Us clothes or rugs
wrunR out OF hot water, or bathing
the udder well for ten or fifteen min
utes with warm camphorated water
every one or two hours; II there Is ex-
IRENE pain, there should be added
tincturc OF opium or thoroughly cooked
poppy seeds, and the gland often and
gently MIXED. Should assesses form
they should be lanced and the sack
syringed out two times day with car
bolized warm water; one part OF car
bolic acid TO forty OF water Should
there be gangrene the gangrenous por.
tion usually is removed by excelsior. II
the fever is high give potassium nitrate
In the drinking water three or four
times day, In tablespoonful doses, or
tincture of aconlte root In i5-drop
doses for cows every four hours for
two days. The diet should be light
and easily digestible, as Cruel, bran
mashes, linseed meal, pulped roots
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