Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1892 — LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. [ARTICLE]

LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY.

Tfle Symptom* of Lamp Jaw. Farm and. Home says, lump law or actinomykosis usually begins with a swelling somewhere about the face or the lower jaw. This swelling, which is hard, increases in size slowly and if not injured in any way or opened with the.kcife may continue growing for a lonfg time as a hard, more-or-less painful swelling. As the growth increases it encroaches upon the sockets of the teeth (the teeth may fall out) and so interferes with mastication; this in turn affecting the animal’s general health and condition. Sooner or later the matter (pus) that has been forming within the spongy tissue of the bone makes an opening for itself, either through the mouth or externally at some point on the jaws, and from this time on, the case is one of a hard tumor of more or less irregfllar* outline and discharging matter mixed with fragments of bone. The foregoing description applies to actinomykosis affecting the bones of the face and jaws; but the disease may attack any of the internal organs, or in fact almost any part of the body; the symptoms varying with the attacked in a given case. The disease, when thoroughly established, Is practically incurable: and inasmuch

as it may be transmitted from one animal to another, and from animal to man, cases should be isolated and handled with caution. Oil Um| lor A took. A Smith Center (Kan.) subscriber of the Stockman writes: Will it do to feed breeding stock ground oil meal? It is claimed here that it will not as it will cause pregnant animals to loose their young. I would like to feed some but if there is danger will not. Also will feeding the threshed straw and chaff have the same effect? Authorities differ on this subject. We are feeding it to cows but are careful not to give as much to those with calf as those that are not. Have never fed more than two pounds a day to those with calf and never had any bad results so far. Would rather feed oil meal than turn a cow loose to flax chaff where I could not tell how much she would get In the way of small' seeds. While the question is unsettled would go slow In the amount fed pregnant animals. To growing and fattening stock give plenty. Red Tolled Cattle. Bed Polled cattle have been generally classed among the beef breeds, says an exchange, but there seems to be evidence now that they have some claim to be recognized as dairy animals, or at least, as good “general purpose,” uniting good beef and good milking qualities. At the Ohio State Fair last fall a Red Polled cow took three first premiums in the milk test —for the largest amount of butter fat, and other solids, and for the largest amount of milk, butter fat, and other solids. We believe this breed is bound to gain in popularity, both because of its intrinsic worth and because many people are beginning to favor hornless cattle, yet do not want to practice dehorning. Not**. After calves learn to be held It does not take long to teach them to lead. Calves should have a yard where they can exercise to themselves every day. Economy of production is as important as maximum of product when prices are high. Under all conditions young animals make the gain in proportion to the food eaten. Calves reared on slciramilk caij readily be made to make a very satis factory growth. It is better to give a scrub thoroughbred care than a thoroughbred scrub care. Increase in weight with cattle is most cheaply secured with good pasturage during the growing season. Don’t think because your neighbor has bought a stallion that he has been necessarily cheated and has bought a failure. Give the horse a chance to show by his progeny what he is. On general principles it is an unprofitable thing to get “stuck” on a horse. The breeder who does this is pretty apt, in the long run, to find himself the sole admirer of a very ordinary piece of horseflesh. A Connecticut man whose sheep get times uses this plan to get rid of them: He lays the sheep on her side, opens the wool, skakes snuff on the skin three or four inches apart, closes the wool. In about three days the ticks and nits will all be dead.