Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-01-25

FIG. "A HEALTHY FLOCK.
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 best ways to give this is
in salt at the rate Of 2 parts to 100
parts of barrel salt. Pure carbolic
acid comes in crystals and will have
TO be liquefied by placing the bottle in
hot water for few moments. The
acid should be poured over the salt
and stirred in we'll. This makes an
excellent preventive. It should be
placed where the COWS can get it at
all times. beginning at least five
months before calving 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 it 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-
ventive treatment.
Milk Fever.
Heavy milking cows are often at
fected with milk fever soon after calv-
ing. The first symptoms appear from
ten to twenty hours after calving. The
COW becomes uneasy. ceases to eat or
to notice the calf and seems to be in
considerable pain. The walk is I'M
steady. and 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 not def
initely known. Since it occurs only in
heavy mixers it may be due to part Of
the milk being reabsorbed again and
acting as poison to the nerves. Light
feeding for week before and after
parturition is good preventive treat
ment. One to two pounds of epson
salts given few days prior to calving
will reduce the liability to the disease.
When the udder is greatly enlarged
previous to calving it is well to milk it
! 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 a
time. and working it we'll to get the
air into all parts. A common bicycle
pump may be used if regular milk
fever outfit is not at hand. Both the
udder and the instrument should be
disinfected before the treatment is
given.
Hog Cholera.
4 Hog cholera and the closely allied
disease. 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,
and there is more or less coughing.
There is no internal treatment that
will cure hog cholera. The best means
of handling it is by prevention. Dogs
crows and pigeons carry infection from
one herd to another and should be
kept away with shotgun If neces
sary. Running streams also carry in
lection. When there is cholera in the
neighborhood no one but the regular
feeder should be allowed in the hog
lot The pens should be disinfecteG
frequently with whtewash or coal tai
dip Having the hogs divided int
small lots helps to keep the disease
from taking the whole herd If it onc'
gets start. All hogs that die should
be buried at once. When new ANIMAL
are brought on to the farm they shouk
be kept in quarantine for at least 1
week.
A system OF vaccination has been de
veoped recently .TAt is proving very
successful.