Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25
Farmers Questions Answered

of a cow. She is about four years old
and had her second calf on December
Is. There was no trouble at the time
Of calving and she did we'll for a few
days, and on the oath she refused all food
and was constipated. She stood with
back arched up, head down and SILVER
ing. gave her a half pound of EPSON
salts and an injection of two gallons Of
warm soap suds, which l repeated I'm
about an hour. We covered the cow with
blankets and gave her warm ginger tea
as a drench four times a day, but she
was still shivering and the milk flow had
fallen to less than two quarts. The udder
was hot or swollen and did not give pain
when rubbed. She seemed better the
next day and is now on her regular feed
OF 1 IA pounds of cotton-seed meal and
z pounds OF bulls, but the milk flow has
not increased. Would like 70 know how to
increase the milk flow and how to pre-
vent such conditions In the future.
We Judge that your cow had an at
tack OF milk fever. which is rather
common disease with cows at the time
of parturition. When this trouble occurs
the animal should be gotten into comfort
able quarters and propped up as 1t were
on her breast bone with the head turned
back toward the udder. The first thing
tect II with clean cloths. Then disinfect
the teats and the syringe which is to
be used in the treatment. Next dissolve
two drains OF potassium iodide in a quart
OF warm water which has been boiled.
One-Quarter OF this solution should be IN
iected into each quarter OF the udder
after this the glass tube which has been
inserted into the teats for the purpose or
injecting the solution should be dipped
into creolin or a carbolic acid solution TO
cleanse it. This should be done after
inserting ii into each teat. Any syringe
which you can secure at a drug store
provided II has sufficient capacity, viii
answer for this treatment After the
iodide has been injected the syringe
should be withdrawn and a plug or ster-
ilized absorbent cotton placed in the inlet
to the syringe, and air pumped through
this cotton into each quarter of the I'd
der until 1t is fully inflated. Clean tape
should be placed over the outlet TO the
teat to prevent the escape OF air Great
care should be taken I'm disinfeeting the
apparatus used and the cow should be
made as comfortable as possible. In two
hours she will frequently show symptoms
of returning consciousness, and as the
u6der becomes less tense more air should
be introduced. A simpler treatment out
one which is not so certain to give results
is to pump air into the udder by means
Of an ordinary bicycle pump, by placing
glass point on the end of the rubber tub
ing. This treatment proves effective In
many instances without the use of potas-
sium iodide but in stubborn cases the
latter should be used. AS soon as the
animal rises to her feet a dose of to IL
pounds of EPSON salts with ! ounce OF
ginger and l dram of nux vomica should
be given. Dram doses of nux vomica
may be given every eight hours for few
DAYS. The diet should be restricted and
at the end of three days a complete recov-
cry may generally be looked for. care
should 6e taken to protect the udder from
reinfection.
While your case varied somewhat from
the usual; in fact, II was not as severe
as some. yet the symptoms seem to have
been rather characteristic, and we would
suggest that you vary your ration, cut