WARTS ON TEATS.

Otago Witness, Issue 3100, 13 August 1913, Page 18

WARTS ON TEATS.

A trouble with which the milkman has frequently to deal is that of chaps and warts on cows' teats. Simple little remedies applied in lime will often save a lot of annoyanee. Mr C. W. Walker-Tisdale, in Farm and Home, describes some methods of treatment that are practical. Warts appear on any part of the animal, and wherever situated, always detract from the appearance of the animal. In all cases warts are a

disfigurement, and the majority of them prove a great inconvenience, especially when they form on parts where most offensive, such as the feats or 1 ins. Some stockmen appear to take practically no notice of warts, and allow tJmm to grow to great sizes on the rows. This is a sign of great carelessness on the part of the person in charge of (he cows, as the larger the warts are and longer they have been growing, the more difficult will he their removal, ‘his ease, it is painful to the cow when

In this case it is painful to the cow when milked; therefore warts and chaps should be got rid of as soon its possible. Many people fail to get rid of warts because they think it can only be done with great difficulty or by tearing the wart bodily away; but this is not the case. When cows arc milked twice a day it does not seem to afford much opportunity to get rid of warts. To use any substance of a poisonous nature for the wart is dangerous in many ways. When the teats are chapped only some kind of soothing ointment should bo applied, and for this purpose carboliscd vaseline and other preparations may be procured from the chemist. This will heal the teat up in a short time, and allow the milking to bo carried on without any discomfiture to the cow. In the case of warts, when small they can bo generally got rid of by touching them with caustic soda. Another simple remedy, and one which in many cases has been found to be successful. is to rub the wart with vinegar, then while it is still wet dust it with dry carbonate of soda. If this is done after each milking the warts will gradually got smaller, and finally disappear.