The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-03-06
Cure for Milk Fever in Cows.

interested in the following article by
Hr. w. 6. Tilghman of Palatka,
which recites his experience in cur
ing serious case of milk fever in
one of his fine Jersey COWS. Mr..
'Hilghman IS well known to all Flor
ida farmers as the manufacturer of
Tilghman's Condition Powders for
cure of salt sickness ED
AS | have succeeded in curing one
of our very fine Jersey COWS of milk
fever-a thing that is seldom done,
us many cattle owners knOw-I
thought possibly it might be inter-
csting to your readers to know how
| did it,
She dropped her calf on Thursday.
late in afternoon. Her udder was
most as large as a bushel measure,
ut least it was the largest | ever saw
on such a sized COW. To prevent
milk fever, Il thing | most dreaded,
and knowing that this cow was the
very kind to take it, being very
large mixer and of the most dan
gerous age, took the precautiOn to
put her on light feed d month before
calving; hardly any grain feed was
given. When she dropped her calf
gave her at once one pound Of ep-
som salts and two ounces Of ginger
| in sufficient water to drench. | no.
ticed she gave but little milk, but eX-
pected with the aid of the
calf to improve it the next day. We
gave the COW some hay which she
ate all right. On Saturday, finding
the milk had not increased and the
appetite was not so good, and her
appearance being rather dull and
that had not given salts enough to
act on the bowels, | gave her another
dose little larger than the first one.
In about an hour | went back to sep
arate her from the calf and found
she staggered as she walked. Then
| was quite sure | had trouble on
hand. A short while later | went to
see her again; found her down with
nose turned around to her right
| flank. She was now uncOns cious
occasionally would make quite 4
struggle as if having a spasm. The
eyelidS did not move, breathing very
heavy.
at once gave an injection by the
bowels of about a half gallon of
warm water with Il little soap mixed.
You might call it soapsuC S. | then
gave her, internally, 20 drops of tine
ture of aconite. AS it was then late
at night l left her until morning.
Sunday morning as soon us it was
light | went to see her again. Found
her still down with nose on the floor,
living on her breast with feet under
her. gave her another injection as
before. | then gave her two ounces
each of aromatic spirits of ammonia
and sweet spirits of nitre in nearly
one quart of cool water every two
hours until Monday morning. | also
gave in this time. One-half glassfui
at Il time, one quart of the very best
whisky as stimulant. | kept her
propped up with straw to keep her
from laying flat. Sunday her eyes
became glazed, and as she breathed
occasionally | heard rafting sound
| thought, no use, she must go; so
did all who saw her. But, when in
cllned to give up, the old saying, ''as
long as there is life there is hope"
came to me and so | kept at it.
There was no evidence that the in
jections given did any good as to
causing an action, as not even the
water came out.
Monday morning | ventured with
trembling to the stall, for / was very
sure our fine cow would be cold in
death. But not so, for she was still
there with but little change from the
She was better, as her breathing was
more natural. Her nose and ears
felt natural. | also took spirits OF
turpentine and began to apply it and
rub her quite hard from tail to head
along the backbone. AS did this l
noticed she began to look more in
telligent, and soon turned her head
around as much as to say she liked
it. Before / had rubbed 10 minutes
she got up and soon had an action by
both bowels and bladder, and is now
improving slowly every day. | for
got to mention that | MIXED all !
could get every few hours. l think
this very important.
consider this very bad case, for
not only the troubles mentioned, but
the calf was two days old when SHE
lay down unable to rise, and she had
not yet discharged the afterbirth.
AS | have made the letter long
enough, l will not at this time tell
YOU how [ relieved her of it, and how
| treated the womb afterwards.
AS this cow was large one for
Jersey breed, and had been kept on
dry feed, l did not give her salts
enough. Had | given her two pounds
doubt if | should have had so much
trouble w q. TILGHMAN.