This horse has an abscess of the parotid gland and the abscess should be opened large enough so that the finger can be introduced to break down adhesions, so that proper drainage can be established, after which wash out with a 5 per cent solution of permanganate of potash.  As this is a dangerous location for a layman to interfere with, owing to the branching of the carotid artery, pneumogastric nerve and jugular vein, it should be done by a qualified veterinarian.

Forage Poisoning.

Last fall one of our horses was taken ill and had a swollen jaw.  He died soon and we supposed that he had been kicked and died of lockjaw.  This spring another was taken ill.  He began dragging around, making an effort to eat and drink, but not being able to swallow much.  Something seemed wrong with his throat and his hind legs.  In two or three days he got down, seeming to have no strength in his back.  He kept struggling for two days, not being able to swallow much; so we put him out of his misery.  Since then two others have gone off the same way.

The trouble is due to forage poisoning, caused by the eating food infested with poisonous moulds.  The symptoms are inability to swallow (paralysis of the muscles of deglutition) and paresis of the hind and forequarters.  When the symptoms become advanced, treatment is of little avail.  However, further troubles can be prevented by ascertaining the food which is infested with this mould.  Ofttimes, however, such food may be apparently clean to the eye.  Make a complete change of food and a thorough cleaning of your stable and corrals of all old fodder which might be in the mangers, or in any accessible place.  Very frequently old food which is left in the bottom of mangers becomes mouldy, and horses picking for grain which might be left in it, eat considerable quantities of this spoiled fodder, get poisoned.

For a Scabby Swelling.

One of my cows has a swelling on her hind leg with little scabs on it, first it was on the front leg.  It is as big as your hand.

Use the following, applied once daily:  Olive oil, 1 pint; turpentine, 2 ounces; oil cedar, 2 ounces; lysol, 1 ounce; mix and apply.

An Easement in Bloat.

What can be done for bloating?

It does not seem to be generally known that to put a bridle on a cow or put a stick in her mouth and tie tightly with a string or strap up over her head, so as to keep her jaws working, will relieve bloat.  We have given common soda and salt with good results to our milk cows.  Take a whip and run her around the corral, after giving the soda.  This treatment causes the wind to pass off.

Fatal Skin Disease.

About two months ago a horse was turned out in pasture.  Several of the horses in the pasture started to lose their hair.  It seemed to fall away from the hide, and leave the skin exposed.  The horse that was newly turned to pasture got the same disease and died.  The other horses did not die.  The hair on the horse that had died had fallen off from the sides and hind legs.