The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-02

animal cannot shake its ears, thereby helping to cure up the sores more quick ly. Don't keep this cap on too long, just a couple of days at a time. Then re- move and if the dog starts shaking too freely, put back on.
 During the spring and summer time dogs are apt to be overheated in their systems, and they are more susceptible to injury on that account. especially sporting dogs. Ear canker is particular ly common with sporting dogs. especially spaniels, settlers and retrievers. When field dog has been at work he frequently injures his ears by reason of sharp thorns and other stubbles which become lodged in them. The first duty for hunter to do when he gets back home is to sit down and examine his dog all over. the ears especially. If his dog has tender feet and they look irritated, put little alum in some lukewarm water and dip each foot into this It will have ten- dency to harden the member.
 These remarks apply equally well to other dogs than sporting dogs. for any dog that is taken out for a long ram ble is liable to be injured in the same way, and we therefore advise all novices whether they keep sporting dogs or not to attend to little matters like this, for it will be time and trouble well spent
 What we have just described is the form known as external ear canker; there is. however, a much more serious form, which is internal ear canker. The ex- ternal complaint is caused by external ir- ritation, set up by contact with sharp, prickly substances, but the internal dis ease seems to originate first of all with an accumulation of wax. At the outset swinging two or three times a day with warm water will usually settle the mat ter and there will be no further trouble Let the accumulation remain, however and it becomes a hard mass; irrita ton is started by the dog scratching itself and rubbing his ear on the ground, and very soon the passage leading to the interior of the ear becomes inflamed, and the irl- flammation may work it's way inside, and set up permanent or chronic ear trouble
 When any of these conditions appear they should be taken in hand at once. Don't allow them to spread and you can handle the case without much trouble.
 Ear troubles are often a source of con- siderable difficulty, and when once a dog has had anything in the nature of ear canker there is always a disposition to a return of it. particularly as the dog in- creases in age. Very simple causes give rise to ear trouble, amongst them the simplest cause of all being a little ac- cumulation of wax in the ear. good preparation to drop into the ear oc- casionally after bathing them out is an equal mixture of glycerine and almond oil shaken well together. A few drops of such may be easily put into the ami malls ear by turning his head sidewise and dropping into the tube of the ear After this has been in the ear several hours it will have softened the wax and lit can then be syringed out easily. But in all cases, if the trouble becomes too deep-seated before discovery, call in a veterinary surgeon, as it's a ticklish busi- ness to fool with.
 Sometimes your dog may have just a plain case of earache. If nothing can be discovered externally, take 10 drops of laudanum and mix with teaspoonful of sweet oil and drop we'll into the ear that seems troubled.