Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-16
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An animal that is not clean is an eve.
sore to me, as it is to many another
farmer, says a correspondent of Rural
New Yorker. In my experience the
head of the herd has been the hardest
to keep in presentable state of clean
illness. This has led me to experiment
and with good results. First | tried
bedding with sawdust, using from two
to four bushels per day This used
bedding too fast and did not keep the
animal as clean as desired. Then
made platform of 2 by inch joist,
using three pieces crosswise and nail
ing to these, placing the top ones about
three-fourths Of an inch apart. This
kept the bull clean without bedding
much, but was not easy to clean, even
though the platform could be taken up
owing to the spaces being so small that
straw and the like would crowd in, es-
pecially over the crosspieces, and bind.
Then, too, it was hard on the animals
knees, as the bedding would work from
under them. My last device is the
cheapest, and like it the best. 1t con-
sists simply of mailing by scantling
to the ordinary raised floor, which
should be of the right length to accom-
modate the bull. These pieces are
placed one inch apart and are about
three feet long, extending from the
drop toward the Manager This arrange
ment holds plenty of bedding under the
fore legs and allows liquids to pass off
at once to the gutter, thus keeping the
top Of the floor practically dry at all
times. On such floor the animal keeps
clean and has a good bed under his
knees, where it is most needed, at a
small expense for bedding
Carbolic Acid For Abortion.
When l lived in northern New York,
nlne-tenths of my cows would abort,
says Vermont farmer in Breeders
Gazette. l tried various treatments.
but none was effective. l read about
the carbOlic acid treatment and direc-
tons for using, and it was such a sim
pie remedy that l tried it and never
lost a calf after that until year ago,
when bought COW that lost her calf
in three days after got her home l !
paid no attention to the matter until
other COWS began to lose calves. |
then began using the same treatment |
use one tablespoonful of carbolic |
acid to pint of warm, soft water and |
put it into double spray sprayer and |
give three full sprays on each cows |
hay at noon.
"A western stOckman gives in the |
same paper the following method of |
treatment: Put twenty drops of car
bOlic acid in bottle with about a pint |
of water. This is a dose for one cow.
To cows in stanchions it is easily and
quickly administered. For a few days
give it to all the cows both night and
morning. When the cows begin to
spring, give few doses to each spring
er and inject twenty drops of carbolic
acid into the womb of a COW that has
lost her calf from any cause to guard
against possible infection, not forget
ting the pint Of water. This remedy has
produced none but good results for us.
Cattle Are Firmer.
There is some reason to hope that
the market for beef cattle has seen
its hardest times, says Stockman and
Farmer. The panic seems to have
abated somewhat, the meat market is
n little better condition. and the ex-
port trade Is pretty good: But there
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