Enlarged Gland on Neck.

I have a calf that has a lump on her neck, which appeared when she was two days old.  The lump is getting larger.

This is probably an enlarged thyroid gland.  Apply the following once daily for several weeks and let it alone unless it becomes too large or gets very soft, which is unlikely.  Churchill’s tincture iodine, 8 ounces; turpentine, 1 ounce; sulphuric ether, 2 ounces; oil aniseed, 1/2 ounce.  Mix and apply once daily.

Lumpy Jaw.

Some of my cows have hard lumps on their jaws, or lumpy jaw.  Can that be cured, and how?

This is Actinomycosis (lumpy jaw) and is due to ray fungi (actinomyces) which are found originally on plants which enter the body in various ways.  The trouble usually appears in the upper or lower jaws of cattle, where it generally produces tumors of bone or soft tissues.  For treatment give 1 1/2 drachms of iodide of potash in 1/2 pint of water daily for 14 days.  Increase to 2 drachms for 14 more days, and then gradually decrease.  Divide the tumor and insert gauze saturated with tincture of iodine for 4 days.  In 8 days a visible improvement will be noticed,

A Neck-Swelling.

My cow has a swelling under her neck between her jaw bones about the size of a baseball and almost as hard.  It is not attached to anything apparently, but largely suspended by the skin at the entrance to the throat.

Cut directly through the center of the enlargement, clean to the bottom, splitting it wide open.  Clean it out with peroxide of hydrogen, after which saturate absorbent cotton with tincture iodine, pack in tight and sew the skin to hold it in place.  Remove the dressing in 48 hours and wash with sheep dip (tablespoon to 1 quart of warm water) twice daily.  This may be tubercular, or the result of foxtail, etc.

Cow Chewing Bones.

One of my cows is continually chewing bones.  What can I do to prevent it?

Give the cow good clean hay; some root crop, cocoanut meal, bran or soy-bean meal.  If the cow does not stop mix in the drinking water twice daily a little dilute hydrochloric acid.  Also, have boxes arranged near feeding stalls which contain wood ashes, slaked lime and salt.

Swelling on the Dewlap.

I have a cow that has a large lump at the point of the breastbone, the dewlap.  This lump is as large as a cocoanut, and was caused, I think, by friction against a low manger in eating.

Get equal parts of tincture of iodine and soap liniment and rub onto the swelling twice daily for a week.

Barren Heifers.

I have three heifers, 3 years old, which have run with the bull right along and have failed with calf; have had three different bulls to them; what can be done?

There is a possibility of contagious abortion causing these heifers to fail to breed.  If this has occurred in the herd, the heifers are very apt to be affected.  If apparently healthy, reduce me feed and make the heifers take considerable exercise to reduce flesh.  Give each a dram of powdered nux vomIca and one-half dram of dried sulphate of iron once daily in a little feed.  Breed to a healthy bull when the heifers come in heat.