The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1902-07-07
SICK COWS

SICK COWS
J. n. s. Nee, Anderson, ;. ca rev
davs ago l had a COW TO take sick. she
cid not seem to suffer, but had high fever
and would not eat. Since then / nave had
three to take sick, affected the same way.
] drenched them with salts, but seemed
to do no good. / cannot give any reason
for the trouble unless the cotton seed
meal is damaged. Some of IL is very dark
All of my COWS are mixers and are fed
On meal and hulls. with shredded corn
ture that has good running water to
drink What lowlaud there IS in the pas
ture IL well drained. stopped feeding the
meal Yesterday and use wheat bran, WITH
the hulls and slower. If You could give
me any advice what TO do you would
oblige an admirer of your paper | IN
close 3 cents in stamps for an answer by
mail. as I am very anxious ab9"t my
cattle l have foUrt zen, ten OF them
milking. I will give the entire herd ono
pound Of salts each this evening. Please
answer by return mail
Answer-Your description OF the synp-
toms is not sufficiently explicit and com
prehensive to enable me 10 say just wha I
is the matter. The fact that so many Of
your cows are similarly affected may b..
considered as strong presGmPtive evi-
dence that It is some arrangement or FOOD
10 which they are all equally subjected
Your suggestion that il Is damaged
cotton seed meal is vecy reasonable, and
it is probably the case.
A dairyman should by no means give
to his cattle indiscriminately any food OF
which ne Is at all suspicious; but 1t Is
better to try It on one animal that IS not
of much value rather than to give too
Unfortunately to an entire herd. Cotton
seed neal that is of darker brownlSh
yellow color than usual. may be consld-
cred as suspicious. Indicating that II IS
made from damaged cotton seed. But
there is on the markee a kind OF cotton
seed meal that is perfrc sound, Dut IS
made of sea island cotton seed, and the
bulls are ground in with the meal
Your treatment in giving them salts II
about the best that can be done, together
with your Withholding the suspSrted meal
Whenever a herd of cattle or one COW Is
affected in such manner. or sick IN any
way, 1t Is well 10 change the toCd, Ior
most of their diseases are due 10 improper
food.
JP. b.. Hodges. s Ct have n young
COW that got one teat cut In wire about
month ago. It has about healed up
now tlyt there Is an opening about half
an inch from the end and all the milk
seems to waste out as fast as II Is score
ted 1t drips continuously through the
dav and at milking time that teat has
no milk thus mourning n loss Of about
one-forth Of the milk. It seems she has
10 power TO hold il. Can anything re
done for her? If SO please let me know
through Field and Farm department.
Answer-You may he able to prevent the
loss of the milk from that quarter of the
udler by means of a bread rubber band,
i,'st large enough to clasp the teat snug
w above the opening made or left by the
wound. 4 large, soft. elastic string wound
several times around the tcdt and tied
might serve in the absence of anything
else But the rubber band would be bet
ter. Get one aout half an inch wide. cut
1t and cement or stitch ii together SO rs
TO clasp the teat someN hat nrmly. You
can tell by trying 1t how tight to make II.
When the COW goes dry YOU may close
the oritice by scarifyinG< its inner surface,