Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 263, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1917 — PREVENTION IS BEST REMEDY FOR SCOURS [ARTICLE]

PREVENTION IS BEST REMEDY FOR SCOURS

One Trouble Caused by Navel Infection at Time of Birth, Otljer Is Indigestion. The most common trouble in raising calves by band on skim milk is scours. There are two entirely distinct troubles both of which have the symptoms of scours. One is from navel infection at time of birth and the other is from indigestion. If fa calf becomes sick within a few days after birth and dies within a day or two the case is probably navel infection. This trouble is often called white scours because the passages from the animals are generally white. > Indigestion is the of common scours. This generally occurs when the calf is from two weeks to a month old. Prevention is the best remedy. The common causes of indigestion are overfeeding; feeding milk cold or sour; feeding sweet milk one meal and sour vnilk the next ; dirty pails, troughs or stalls. Each calf should be watched carefully. At the first slgn'of foul-stnell-Ing dung, its source should be determined, as this is one of the first indications of indigestion. The amount of milk fed should be cut to one-half the usual amount and a dose of one ounce of castor oil in milk, followed by the formalin treatment, is advisable. The_formalin_treatnient consists in giving one tablespoonful of formalin solution, .made by adding one-half ounce of formalin to 15% ounces of water. In each pint of milk. The amount of .milk fed may be gradually brought back to normal after a day or _tWO.„ , : Many feeders have obtained good results from the use of blood meal as a means of correcting a condition of scours. Where the case is mild a teaspoonful of the dried blood is added to the milk at each meal. Preventive measures against scours recommended .-by L. W. Wing of the Missouri College of Agriculture are: Care against overfeeding; regularity of feeding; conditions of the milk at feeding time; and cleanliness of tip? palls,.pens and stalls. In other words, keep the -conditions -right at all times.