Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-12

what to do for her.
A dry hacking cough generally indi-
Gates some irritation Of the throat or
lungs The trouble may be due to a cold
which has become more or less chronic,
to some form of indigestion, or to the
use Of hay that is not perfectly clean
and bright and free from dust. We would
advise you to change the feed as COM
pletey as possible for a little while. Dis
continue the use of the hay and feed
green feed. OF course, the use of very
watering food is to be avoided, as II
will tend to make the bowels run off and
! will not furnish the mule with sufh-
Client amount Of dry matter to maintain
1t in good condition. You should be
able to get some fresh grass or clover
at this season of the year Sometimes
animals predisposed to heaves develop
cough whenever dusty hay is fed, and
while this may not be the cause of the
trouble In your case, 1t is well to feed
only a nutritious and easily digested ra-
ton and let the animal run on pasture
as much as possible. II you have no
hay that is free from dust, sprinkle all
that is used before feeding. A good
cough mixture may be prepared as fol-
lows:
1-2 ounce of fluid extract of Belladonna.
liz ounce of pulveriaed opium.
1-2 ounce of ammonium chloride.
drachms pulveriZed gum camphor.
Enough molasses and -four should be
added to make eight ounces of paste.
With a small wooden paddle daub a ia
blespoonful on the back of the teeth
three or four times daily. II the cough
is not of a deep-seated or chronic char
acter, 1t should yield TO this treatment.
SEED TOE OR DISEASED FOOT.
subscriber. Cave. s. c., writes: Can
you tell me what is wrong with my
mules foot? At the toe the hoof or wall
has left the quick for about two inches
across the toe. being hollow TO a good
Gcpth. The mule is lame at times. have
kept the hoof pared off close and shod
since 1 first noticed 1t. Can you tell me
what will heal up the place?
Your mule is affected with what IL
known as seed toe, or a breaking away
Of the outer covering Of the hoof at the
toe. The trouble is not a serious one,
and can best be remedied by having n
small piece of iron welded to the front
part of the shoe so as to come over
the edge of the hoof and protect the
toe from further injury. A good blister
of cantharides or Spanish fly pulverized
and mixed with six to eight parts Of lard
may be used with good effect.
MAINTAINING THE FLOW OF MILK
R. A. N, Conyers, Ga, writes: l have
a calf two years old which calved on
March 14th. She gave two gallons Of
mil III fo- ofx he har RI fall off
until now she is almost dry. / think she
Is with calf again. Her first calf died
In two days with scours. Can she be
brought back to her milk and will she be
this way with her next calf? l feed her
or cotton seed cooked and raw, corn
meal and fodder and shucks. l give stock
powders and salt her regularly. The first
doctor we had said she had hollow horn
and hollow tail but the treatment given
did no good. The second doctor said
to scrape her tongue but that did no
good. So 1 ask you what to do for her.
We Judge from what you say that
your heifer was too young when she
dropped her first calf and was rebrel
too soon. When an animal Is growing
rapidly and carrying foetus at the same
time, the chances are that she will not
give a large and continuous flow of
milk unless fed and handled with expert
skill and care. 1t is better not to have
a heifer calve until she is 30 months OF
age unless she is an extraordinarily
strong and vigorous animal. The mainten-
ance Of a milk flow also depends much
on the individual. Some animals give
q large flow of milk for a short period
and then dry up. Other animals do not
give as large a flow but continue through
a considerable period of time. We have
cows in the college herd which give about
$500 pounds OF milk In a single lactation
period, while others have given less than
1000 pounds with the same care and
cost of food. We are eliminating the
5000 pound cows as fast as we can. 1t
Is impossible to say offhand that your
heifer when calving again will not con- |
tinue to give a liberal flow Of milk for
several months, but the chances are that |
she will not IL she did not do 1t during |
the first lactation period. We should be
disposed under the circumstances to sell
her and choose an animal from COW
that was known to milk freely and per- |
sistently. There is not much chance of
bringing her back to a good flow of milk
during this lactation period by any meth |
cd OF feeding that you may now pursue. |
OF course, the best treatment under the |
circumstances would be to give her plenty |
o. green succulent food in addition to /
good Bermuda grass pasture. IN ADDITION ;
give her about two pounds Of cotton
seed meal per day. The meal should be
fresh and clean. We would not feed any |
hulls for some little time. Corn and dry |
feed will not be satisfactory under the |
circumstances. Stock powders and simi|- |
ar materials will not be Of any value OF |
course, there is no disease as hollow |
horn and hollow tail, and therefore, split |
ting the tail and boring the horn simply |
add to the misery and discomfort of the /
animal without accomplishing any good. |
Scraping the tongue Is an undesirable |
practice and accomplished nothing, for |
II the animal be suffering from indiges-
tlon or other ills you can not cure them /
except by the use of certain specific med
icines and the proper use of nutritious
foods.
SHEDDING OF THE ROOTS OF CORN.
F. S. L.. Winston, Ga. writes: Does |
corn shed roots? Is so, when and how |
often? Does the phases OF the moon eff
feet the shedding? Do suckers on corn
hurt, or would you pull them off? What
is the cause of corn suckering? VIII |
1000 stalks to the acre produce as much