The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1910-03-03


Of transmitting the disease from one
COW TO another. All litter in the stall
where the affected COW is kept should
be burned as soon as cleaned out.
For Internal use the carbolic acid
treatment has given the best results
One Of the hest ways TO give this IS
In salt at the rate of 2 parts to l0f
parts of barrel salt Pure carbolic
acid comes IN crystals aud will have
TO he liquehed by placing tue bottle in
hot water for a few moments. The
acid should be poured over the salt
and stirred In well This makes an
excellent preventive. II should be
placed whore the cows can get 1t at
all times, beginning at least five
months before calying with cows that
have previously aborted and three
months with those that have not.
All new cows should be kept sepa.
rate from the rest Of the herd until il Is
certain that they are free from infec-
ton. If there is any unusual discharge
they should be returned to the seller
or subjected to a strict course of pre-.
yentive treatment
Milk Fever.
Heavy milking cows are often af-
fected with milk fever soon after caly.
Ing. The first symptoms appear from
ten TO twenty hours after calving. The
COW becomes uneasy, ceases to eat or
to notice the calf aud seems to be IN
considerable pain The walk Is un-
steady, aud the animal soon falls and
Is unable TO rise If Not attended to,
death is very likely TO result.
The cause of milk fever is moi def,
initcly known. Since ii occurs only III
heavy mixers it may be due TO part OF
the milk being reabsorbed again and
acting as a poison TO the nerves. Light
feeding for week before aud after
parturition is good preventive treat
ment. One TO two pounds Of epson
salts given few days prior to calying
will reduce the liability 10 the disease,
When the udder Is greatly enlarged
previous TO calving II Is well to milk II
out.
The most effective remedy for milk
fever Is what Is known as the air treat
ment This consists in pumping the
udder full Of air, one quarter at
time, and working Il well to get the
air into all parts. A common bicycle
pump may be used II regular milk
fever outfit Is not at hand. Both the
udder and the instrument should be
before the treatment Is
given.
Hog Cholera.
Hog cholera and the closely allied |
swine plague, are the greatest
sources Of loss In the swine industry. |
The first symptom Is refusal TO eat |
There are red and purple blotches on
The skin and sticky discharge from
the eyes. The walk is often unsteady, |
aud there Is more or less coughing.
There Is no internal treatment that I
viii cure hog cholera. The best means
Of handling II is by prevention. Dogs,
crows and pigeons carry infection from
one herd 10 another and should be
kept away with shotgun II neces-
sary. Running streams also carry In \
lection. When there Is cholera In the
no one but the regular
feeder should be allowed in the hog
ot. The pens should be dlsinfec,ed
with whitewash or coal t,r
Dip Having the hogs divided into
small lots helps TO keep the disease
from taking tbe whole herd II II once
sets a start All hogs that die should
BE- buried AZ once When new animsis
ire brought on 10 the farm they should
,e Kept IN quarantine for Al east .
week
A system o: vaccination hag been dc.
'cloi.sd reeeGtly .fst II proving very
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