Information Wanted

Bruce Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 2625, 30 October 1894, Page 4

Information Wanted

('Agricnltnral Gazette.') thin cow. I have a cow five years old in a remarkably low condition, and I should be glad to know, through the medium of the ' Gazette/if you can give the reason why. The cow calved on 7th of March last, and has never been served since. So far as her health is concerned she appears quite well, chews the cud whilst being milked, eats and lies down with the rest, eats her cotton cake (41b) daily heartily, ba9 an excellent pasture and good water to drink. To all appearance she is in the lowest condition — her thighs are quite thin, her back and hip bones stand out, and she always has such an empty look with her.— Rectus. [In all probability your cow has some wasting disease such as tuberculosis, and if so there is not much chance of effecting a permanent cure, although she may be patched up for a time if the disease is not in too far advanced a stage. Try giving her two wineglassfuls of cod liver oil and half an ounce of dialysed iron daily. In the early stages of tuberculosis cows will often feed, chew the cud and give a good quantity of milk ■ but as the disease progresses they begin to get thin, and sooner or later the natural functions of the body are interfered with. Milk from a tuberculous cow is not fit for food, especially for children. — A.l SORE CJDDEBB A.ND TEA.TB Several of my dairy cows have bad udders and teats. Could you advise me wbat is the matter, and how they ought to be treated ? Tbe first symptom ia a hard swelling, very tender, which rises for several days and then break?, leaving large raw places on the teats, causing milking to be most painful. — C. [Your cows are in all probability suffering from true cowpox or one of the several diseases which more or less closely resemble it. In either case bathing the affected udders and teats with a lotion composed of 10 grains of sulpho-carbonate of zinc dissolved in ounce of water, and the application of a little zinc ointment after each milking, combined with care in milking to milk with a full hand and not toj/ub the sores, will soon effect a cure. Should any affected animal appear feverish or lose hor appetite, give half a pound of Epsom ■alts, 1 ounce of nitrate of potash, and 30 minims of tincture of aconite in a quart of water, and keep her from ex posure to inclement weather or very hot sunshine. — A.] COLT WITH CURB. Will you inform me in your next issue if I can apply anything better than iodine ointment to the hock of a two-year-old cart colt, which shows symptoms of a curb ? Your opinion upon the above will greatly oblige. — W.F.L. [If there be no lameness, iodine ointment is about the best thing you can apply to the curb, and you will find a mild application, repeated two or three times, better than one severe dressing. — A.l