Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-05-26
VETERINARY.
Practical Advice.

RYE FODDER.-W. d. L. wants to
know if feeding rye that was cut in
the bloom to cows in calf would cause
abortion. If it is fed along with some
hay or straw and free from ergot (the
rye fungus), there is no danger. 1t
has been fed to COWS when badly af-
fected with ergot and has not caused
abortion if they were fed a grain ra
tion along with it. Abortion is usu-
ally caused by the poor quality Of the
fodder and not by the ergot.
CRACKED HOOFS.-D. c. M. has
horse which has crack in it's hoof; it
began at the top. Take hoof knife
and cut a piece out of the hoof at the
| top, let it extend about one inch back
! from the crack on each side and one
inch downward, pare it down to the
quick. and put on some tar to keep out
the dirt; also put on bar shoe. In
time new hoof will grown down solid.
The horse should not work during this
time.
INJURED HOOK JOINT.-G. ID. G.
has horse which got kicked on the
hook joint the horse is very lame and
there is a great discharge of matter
from it. Mix 1 Dir chloride of zinc in
cold water l pit; shake, inject little
into the opening twice a day. Mix
cantharides 2 DIR and lard 11a OF, rub
little of this ON the swollen part,
keeping it away from the sore parts;
repeat this every week.
GRUBS IN THE BACK Of CAT
TLE.-H. C. N. wants to know il there
is remedy for destroying grubs in the
backs of cattle. There is no medi-
cine that will destroy the grub without
blistering the skin of the COW. The
best method is to scrape off the top of
lump and press out the grub by placing
the thumb of each hand at the base
of the lump and squeeze. After the
grub is out the part will soon heal.
The grub comes out of its own accord
in the latter part of May or early in
June.
the frog of a horses foot will grow
again if the old one comes off. If the
structures beneath the frog remain
healthy a new frog will grow out.
Keep the foot clean and rub the frog
we'll once a day with little vaseline.
Also mix DIR cantharides with u OF
of lard and rub little of this around
the coronet (where the hair and hoof
meet) once a week. This will stim-
ulate the growth of hoof and frog.
BROKEN yVIND.-M. b. wants to
know if there is any difference between
broken wind and roaring in horse.
Broken wind is the term applied to a
heavy horse, but horsemen usually ap-
ply the name broken wind to horses
which have difficulty in breathing.
Roaring and whistling are terms ap
piled when a horse makes a noise
when he breathes, and are usually the
result of deranged state of the ami
mails throat.
SLOBBERING.-R.H Fl. r. has horses
which are affected by SOLDERING from
eating clean hay, the second crop.
This is a very uncommon occurrence.
There must be some irritating weeds
among the hay, as even dry white
clover will not cause slobbers in
horses. We would have to know the
cause before prescribing. Would ad-
wise to examine the mouths of the
horses as it is possible that they may
be sore from some other cause and
if they are not sore withhold the hay
for few days to find out if the hay
is the cause, and let us know.
NERVOUS SPELLS.-S. B. has a
mare which is subject to nervous
SPELLS so much so that she can hardly
be harnessed. Also a colt which cribs
and is hidebound. Give the mare
OF aloes, / or ginger and l OF carbon
water, then add II pit more of cold
water and give at one dose. When
this operates give her l OF of the bro
mide of potassium in a bran mash
twice day for one week. then skip a
week and give again if needed. Give
the colt ! pit raw linseed oil at dose,
also boil one-half a teacupful of flax
seed into a pulp and while hot pour
1t on qts bran and make a mash of it..
Give it mash of this kind once a day
for one month. Also mix 3 OF sui
phate of iron, 8 OF nitrate of potassium
and divide into "a doses. Put one in
the above mash until all are taken.
Place piece of rock salt where he can
get it when he wants it.
RETENTION OF THE PLACENTA.
Mrs. c. G. M. has heifer which has
retention of the placenta. After the
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