Insert a milk tube and inject the following:  Hydrogen dioxide, 8 ounces; tincture iron chloride, 1 ounce; water, 7 ounces.  Inject into each affected teat.  Apply the following externally:  Camphorated oil, 8 ounces; tincture belladonna, 2 ounces; oil eucalyptus, 2 ounces.  Mix and apply twice daily.

Garget.

I have a cow which gave rich milk all the time, but now every time I milk her some yellow, hard substance will come out instead of milk.  First from one teat, then the next, and when I strain the milk the strainer will be full of hard yellow specks.

Your cow has undoubtedly been affected with garget.  This milk should not be used.  The condition is best treated by massaging the udder every day with camphorated oil.  It will also be necessary for you to continue to milk her regularly until about six weeks before she is due to freshen, at which time you should proceed to dry her up.

Infectious Mastitis.

We have a 2-year-old heifer, which, two weeks before she was due to freshen, had a large udder slightly caked.  Upon pressing the teat a discharge of blood issues from each teat.

This is infectious mastitis.  It may be due to a bruise or blow or infection introduced through the milk duct.  The first is most likely.  Apply camphorated oil externally and inject into the affected udder some hydrogen dioxide (peroxide of hydrogen. — Editor.).  After ten minutes, milk out again.  Repeat once daily.

A Mangy Cow.

I have a milk cow with some trouble about her head, neck and shoulders, which causes her to rub herself enough to make raw spots and take off most all of the hair from the parts affected.  The trouble has been standing for 18 months, but I have been using medicine at different times, which stops the rubbing, and the part will cover with hair nicely again, but in due time the trouble shows up again.

This cow seems to have mange or scabbies, which is caused by a parasite and is easily spread by contact to other cattle.  It should be treated by two or three applications, ten days apart, of a hot solution of creolin, well scrubbed into the skin.  The solution is made by mixing five tablespoonfuls of creolin in a gallon of hot water.  The treatment should be applied pretty well over the body to cover all the affected parts, and needs to be repeated in ten days to destroy the younger generation.  The sheds should be cleaned and whitewashed.

Irritation on Back of Udder.

I have a yearling heifer which has sore teats and blotches just back of her bag which seem to itch.  Her mother had a sort of eczema on her neck.  I fear her sore teats will spoil her for milking when she comes in next year.

The following treatment is advised:  Drench with 1 pound of Epsom salts dissolved in a couple quarts of water.  The sores may be treated by washing them with a 2 per cent solution of one of the coaltar disinfectants, such as creolin.  After the sores have been allowed to dry naturally, a very little powdered calomel may be dusted thereon.  Do this every other day for a few days.