The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-08-24

1. sweep Celllngs, size walls, erall
partitions, floors and other surfaces
until free from cobwebs and dust.
2. Remove ell accommodations Of filth
by scraping, and If woodwork has be-
come decayed, porous or absorbent, 1t
should be removed. burned and re-
placed with new material.
8. II floor is of earth, remove four
inches from the surface, and In places
where 1t shows staining with urine a
sufficient depth should be replaced to
expose fresh earth. All earth removed
should be replaced with earth from an
uncontaminated source, or new floor
of concrete may be laid, which is very
durable and easily cleaned
4. All refuse and material from
stable and barnyard should be re-
moved to q place not accessible to
cattle or hogs. The manure should be
spread on fields and turned under,
while the wood should be burned.
8. The entire interior Of the stable,
especially the feeding troughs and
drains. should be saturated by dis.
AAACOtaASs ao &t4uOl CACbOAA6 COAUUODF
tus (U. s. P.) or carbolic acid, six
ounces to every gallon of water in
each case. After this has dried, the
stalls, walls and ceilings may be COW
cred with whitewash Cline wash), to
each gallon of which should be added
four ounces Of chloride of lime.
The best method of applying the dis
infectant and the lime wash is by
means Of a strong spray pump, such
as those used by orchardists.
This method is efficient in disinfec-
ton against most Of the contagious
and infectious diseases Of animals,
and should be applied Immediately fol-
lowing any outbreak, and, as matter
Of precaution it may be used once or
twice yearly.
s. 1t is important that arrangements
be made to admit plentiful supply of
sunlight and fresh air by providing an
ample number Of windows, thereby
eliminating dampness, stiffness, bad
odor and other insanitary conditions.
Good drainage is also very necessary.
II the use Of liquor cresolis compost
tus, carbolic acid or other coal-tar
products is inadmissible because of
the readiness with which their odor is
impaired to milk and other dairy
products. bichloride of mercury may be
used In proportion of one to 800, or
lone pound Of bichloride to 100 gallons
Of water. However. all portions of the
stable soiled with manure should first
be thoroughly scraped and cleaned, as
the albumin contained in manure
would otherwise greatly diminish the
disinfecting power of the bichloride.
Distinction with this material should
be supervised by a veterinarian or
other person trained in the handling
Epf poisonous drugs and chemicals, as
che bichloride Of mercury is powerful
corrosive poison. The hangers and
feed boxes, after drying following
spraying with this material should be
washed out with hot water. es cattle
are especially susceptible to mercurial
poisoning. The bichloride solution
should be applied by means OF spray
pump. as recommended for the liquor
efesolis compositus.
In addition, the yards should be
cleaned by removing all litter and ma
nure and disinfected by sprinkling lib
orally with a solution of copper sui
plate, five ounces to gallon OF water.
Milking stools and all other nipple
fnents should also be thoroughly dis
injected.
Distinction and Treatment Of AMI.
mails.
To prevent the bull from carrying
the Infection from a diseased COW to
healthy one, first clip the tuft Of |
long hair from the opening Of the
sheath, then disinfect the penis and
sheath with a solution of one-haIf per
cent Of liquor cresolis compositus, |
lysol or trikresol. or / per cent creo-
lin or carbolic acid, or ! to 1000 DO,
tassium permanganate in warm water. |
The only apparatus necessary is a soft |
rubber tube with large funnel at |
tached to one end, or an ordinary foun.
tain syringe and tube would serve the
purpose. The tube should be inserted
into the sheath and the foreskin held
with the hand to prevent the immedi-
ate escape of the fluid. Elevate the
funnel as high as possible, and pour
In the fluid until the preputial sack is
niled. In addition to this, the hair of
the belly and inner sides of the thigh |
should be sponged with the antiseptic.
This disinfection should invariably
and follow every service.
An aborting COW should receive i'm
mediate attention, and the animal |
should be removed to separate quar-
tiers, where she can receive appropri-
ate treatment. The fetus, membranes
and discharges are particularly dan
gerous and should be gathered up and
destroyed Immediately by burning or
burial In some safe place, and this
followed by thoroughly disinfecting
the stall. The uterus should be irri-
gated daily with one Of the antisep-
tics mentioned for the bull, using the
same apparatus, and irrigation should
be continued until discharge ceases.
In addition, the external genitals, root
Of tail, escutcheon, ETC., should be
sponged daily with a solution twice as
strong as that used for irrigation, and
his latter treatment should be given
he nonaborters as we'll. Should the
preliminary symptoms of abortion be
detected. the animal should be re-
moved from the herd and treated as
above.
After abortion, breeding should not
again be attempted within two months,
,r until the discharge shall have
,eased, as the uterus would not be
formal and the animal would either
lot conceive or would abort again In
! short time.
Great care should be used In pur-
'nasing cattle, and COWS not known
o be free from the disease should be
Lept In separate quarters until this
'oint IL determined. Il q herd bull