The Farm Journal Illustrated Rural Directory of Monroe County, New ...

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three days and then omit it for a few of hoof, and the formation of a horny
days For worms in the rectum a tumor which presses on the quick. If
syringe must be used. Salt and water of recent formation apply a bar shoe
are good; or, carbolic acid diluted fifty and rasp down the bearing surface of
times in water; or, what is better, the afflicted heel and avoid pressure.
thymo-cresol, diluted one to fifty parts Soak the feet. A. horny tumor must be
of water.
pared to the quick and packed with tar.
PUNCTUKE.—It is dangerous for a Shoe with a bar shoe and place a leather
horse to step on a nail, as it is likely sole between it and the hoof. If the
to result in lockjaw. Have the blacksmith
cut out the puncture down to should be soaked in a bucket of hot
corn be further advanced the foot
tender flesh, then fill the opening with water for an hour, and then poulticed.
a 5 per cent, solution of carbolic acid Any matter that has formed should be
and pack with cotton to keep out dirt, liberated, and if grit or dirt has got
and repeat daily, soaking the foot in into the heel this should be cleaned out.
clean warm water before dressing. Poultices should be kept upon the wound
NAVICULAH DISEASE is indicated by a until it b healed and free from soreness.
shrunken shoulder, and a contracted foot If the cause is so serious that matter
that is placed several inches in advance has burst out at the top of the heel, only
of the other while at rest This is an a veterinary surgeon is competent to
inflammation or ulceration of the pedal manage it
sesamoid at the point where the tendons THRUSH is a disease which shows an
play over it. The symptoms are often excessive secretion of unhealthy matter
very obscure, according to the stage of in the frog, and is detected by its vile
the disease, and the lameness is attributed
to some difficulty in the shoul-
The cure consists in cleanliness and the
odor. A common cause is foul stables.
der. This, however, is a mistake. It is removal of the cause. The diseased and
due to the wasting of the shoulder ragged portions of the frog should be
muscles from disease. The cause is pared and scraped and the foot poulticed
• usually fast work on hard roads s or for a day or two with oil meal and
pavements, causing slight inflammation, water, to which may be added a few
which being unnoticed or neglected, increases
and ends in ulceration. The charcoal. The dressing should be
drops of carbolic acid, or some powdered
best treatment is to remove the shoe, changed daily, and after every vestige
pare down the hoofwall and round the of decayed substance is removed, the
edge to prevent splitting, then fire deeply cleft of the frog and grooves on its
in points around and above the coronet, edges should be cleaned and packed with
follow up with one or more blisters of oakum, held in place by leather nailed
red iodide of mercury, one part, lard, on with the shoe. Before packing, cover
three parts, and when the effects pass the place with a good coat of sulphate
off, turn out the animal to pasture for of zinc, pressing well in. Horses
six weeks. It is always best to consult,
in this disease, a competent veteri-
be protected in the stable by the use
especially liable to thrush may. need to
nary surgeon.
m
of boots. Sometimes other diseases
CORNS originate in simple bruises. combine with thrush, making a cure
There is later an increased production seem impossible.
Dehorning Calves
the calf in hand. Lay him gently on
Taking horns off yearling or older cattle
is a hard shock to them. It costs a rub it in with your finger, till a place
his side. Spit on the little bump and
week's feed, and may cost much more. is wet as big as a silver quarter of a
It is very easy to" prevent the horns dollar. Don't wet anywhere else. Take
starting, requiring only thoughtful attention
for a few minutes before the lye, as much as two grains of corn.
your knife and lift out dry the powdered
horns have come through the skin. Press it down on the wet place. It will
The following recipe has never failed:
stick there. Treat the other side in the
Procure common powdered concentrated
same manner. Let the calf go. It
lye, such as all housewives use. A 10-
won't hurt him much, or long. A scab
cent can will dehorn 100 calves. When
forms; do not touch it It will peel
the calf is a week or more old, before
off after a time, and the hair will grow
the horn has come through the skin,
over the place; you will have a fine,
and when you can feel it m the shape
smooth head, equal to a natural polled
of a little f"itton under the skm, take
head.
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