Give 1 drachm. iodide potash daily for one week; 2 drachms the second week 3 drachms the third week, add reduce as you began.  If tumors are small and interfere with the flow of milk they can be removed.

Wound in Teat.

I have a cow with an open slit about one-fourth to one-third of an inch in the side of one teat.  I have lacerated the edges and stitched the slit well together many times but the milk will ooze out and prevent healing together.  I have used numberless milk tubes to no avail, as the flange on the tubes loose out.  When I remove the flange the tubes creep up into the udder and it is a trouble to get them out again.

Wounds of a quiescent udder usually heal, but if the cow is in milk and the lesions involve the teats it is exceedingly difficult to heal the wound, as the irritation delays or interrupts the healing process.  The following lotion is one of the very best to use for teat wound:  Tinct. iodine, 2 ounces; tinct. arnica, 2 ounces; glycerine, 2 ounces; comp. tinct. benzoine, 2 ounces.  Mix and apply twice daily after washing with 5 per cent solution carbolic acid and castile soap.  Your milk tube must be an ancient one as all milk tubes of today are self-retainers and could not slip into the udder.  Care must be taken to boil the tube previous to each using as you may cause an infection of the udder by a filthy tube.

Injury to Udder.

I have a cow which has a gathering in the back of her udder which seems to be some sort of injury.  It has been there but a few days.

This injury was caused by a blow or traumatism.  Thoroughly scrape out the diseased tissue and after washing with sheep-dip water (tablespoon to one quart) apply the following powder:  Mix the following powder and apply it to the wound:  Iodoform, 1 drachm; boric acid, 1 ounce; alum, 1/2 ounce; zinc oxide, 1/2 ounce.  Be sure and insert this powder into the bottom of the wound, so that it will reach all diseased parts.

Blind Teat.

What can I do for a “blind teat”?  The cow has just freshened and that quarter of her udder is very full, but there is no milk in the teat.  I have been rubbing and greasing the udder.  The blind quarter is slightly inflamed.

An artificial opening should be made in the teat at once.  Call in the nearest physician unless you have a regular graduate veterinarian near.

Cow Pox.

I have a yearling heifer which is in fine condition and making good growth.  But all four of her teats have sores on them and are mostly covered with scabs.

It is probably cow pox.  Give a physic of glauber and epsom salts mixed 4 ounces of each to the heifer and double the dose to the cow.  Apply externally, once daily, after washing, the following prescription:  Zinc ointment, 4 ounces; iodoform, 1/2 ounce; glycerine, 2 ounces; carbolic acid, 2 drachms.  Mix thoroughly and apply. to sores.

Cause of “Loss of Cud.”