Pratts Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry | Page 7

Peerless Hoof Ointment and
cover with oakum. Pare out sole and open heel--blacksmith must use
care in expanding. Apply Pratts Peerless Hoof Ointment daily to the
coronet and frogs--this is very important. Use bar shoe.
Thin Flesh Animal needs a good tonic. Use Pratts Animal Regulator
daily with the feed according to directions. This is a regulator, tonic
and digestive and so works upon the blood, liver, bowels and digestive
organs that the animal is quickly built up, and is given strength, health
and flesh.
Thrush _Symptoms._--Shown by a foul discharge issuing from the cleft
of the foot, and usually attended with decay of the horn and a vile odor.
The foot is hot and hard.
_Cause._--In the fore feet, it is generally the result of navicular disease
or contraction of the feet. In the hind feet it is entirely caused by filthy
stables, allowing the feet to stand in decaying manure.
_Treatment._--Have absolute cleanliness in the stable and stalls,
disinfecting with Pratts Disinfectant. Wash the foot thoroughly with

soap and water, and cut away all diseased and ragged parts as well as
the white, powdery decayed horn and substance, even if the flesh is
exposed and the frog much reduced. Then pour Pratts Liniment over
the affected parts. Dress daily until cured. Another excellent remedy is
to wash out diseased portion of hoof with one part Pratts Disinfectant
and 20 parts of water three times a day.
Worms Horses take in worm eggs on pasture, in hay, and in drinking
water from contaminated troughs or ponds. Marsh or swale hay is
particularly liable to infest with worms. Avoid sources of worms.
Cleanliness is imperative.
Cut down feed one-half, mix bran with feed and dampen it. Give one
dose of Pratts Specially Prepared Worm Powder with the feed twice a
day for four days. After fourth day give large, soft, well-scalded bran
mash to loosen bowels freely. Repeat the bran mashes if necessary, as
the bowels must be moved freely. Should the horse refuse to eat the
bran mash, it will be necessary to give him a dose of Glauber's salts, or
some other purge to loosen the bowels.
_Pin Worms._--Sometimes pin worms remain just inside the rectum,
and are very hard and stubborn to cure. In cases of this kind, if the
desired result is not obtained by feeding Pratts Worm Powder, dissolve
one of the powders in a quart of water and inject in the rectum. Repeat
this once a day in the evening, and continue for four or five days. Do
not fail in this case, as in all other cases of worms, to feed bran mashes
until the bowels are freely moved, and should the horse refuse the bran
mash or should it fail to move the bowels, give the horse a dose of
Glauber's salts.
Pratts Worm Powder is a special preparation for the destruction of all
kinds of worms in horses, hogs, and sheep. It is purely vegetable, has a
strong tonic effect that builds up and helps the animal to regain strength,
and is the quickest and most thorough worm destroyer on the market.
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[Illustration: Care of Cows]

CATTLE
Cows will bring large or small profits in proportion to the care they
receive. If properly housed, properly fed, properly bred, and properly
protected against disease they will fully repay the little extra attention
required. Strive intelligently to secure the greatest possible regular
production. Keep a sharp lookout for unfavorable symptoms and be
prompt in finding a cause for poor condition and remedying it. Cows
kept in perfect health are the least expense, least trouble, and the
greatest profit-earners.
You do not need to be a veterinarian to know that the health of a cow
depends on a good healthy appetite with complete digestion and perfect
assimilation of the daily ration.
That is just plain common sense. No cow which is not a big eater can
be profitable. But appetite is not of itself sufficient to make a cow a
money maker. There must be sound digestion.
Once establish and maintain good digestion, food performs its natural
functions. Bodily waste is repaired. Strength and growth are noticed
and the cow gives the utmost possible amount of milk. See then, that
your cows have hearty, healthy appetites and good digestion. Good
digestion does not always follow a large appetite. A cow giving only a
few quarts of milk a day will often eat as much as one giving gallons.
She requires the same amount of care and attention.
The trouble is that she does not have good digestion to convert food
into milk. Of course there are cows which will always be small milkers,