Profitable Dairying; a Pracitical Guide to Successful Dairy Management

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter xxiii. dairy remedies For Scours in calves is recommended equal parts of extract of tannin and laudanum. Other suggested remedies are: one dram deodorized tincture of opium in starch three times a day; one teaspoonful of powdered asafoetida dissolved in warm water or whiskey, or fed in the powdered state in scorched milk; a tablespoonful pulverized charcoal and molasses three times a day. For Malignant Fouls the writer recommends cleaning the foot thoroughly and applying Arabian horse liniment; it has cured every case in his herd. He also recomends one pound white pine tar, put in a can with two ounces gunpowder, two ounces white vitriol, two ounces saltpetre, powdered fine, and a little carbolic acid. Cleanse the foot thoroughly and apply the preparation. Repeat daily until cured. Cleansing daily is important with all remedies. For Garget physic with one pound Epsom salts dissolved in one quart of warm water, with two ounces ginger. Follow this with one teaspoonful of Phytolacca (extract pokeroot) twice a day. Bathe the udder with a solution of one tablespoonful of phytolacca in one pint extract witch hazel, rubbing it until dry. Keep the cow on dry liberal bedding. In a bad case give ten drops of aconite, night and morning. For Bloody Milk use the above remedy. Give powdered sulphur and alum, one teaspoonful daily. For Diarrhea and Prolapsus use the above remedies, also an injection of extract tannin, starch and laudanum. For Caked Udder, rub the udder thoroughly for ten or fifteen minutes three times daily, with water as hot as the hand can bear. Rub dry and then apply warm raw linseed oil freely with the hand. The udder will absorb a considerable quantity, often half a pint. Physic for Cows.--From one to one and one-half...