Show suggestions iz 1 GARGET CO DY by D n J perry sl now new jersey stats state college ot 0 culture in dairying tile three most troublesome m e d eab that hint attack dairy cows a are r e t to tua bercu losis abortion and garget e t ab all solute cures for any of these seem me to be impossible but an attempt at pre bention or further spread la Is very much worthwhile to in sonoe some cases Is probably a relationship between garget or mastitis lon and feeding at tiny any rate the subject of garget con trot seems worthy northy of mention to in these columns because the insidious germs of tills this disease have ruined production in many well fed herds through the feeding service conducted in the Dairy Dalry mens league news dr 11 1 metzger of cornell university university has recently made some suggest suggestions ions on tile the control of tills this trouble which the writer believes are arc very practical and timely these observations and ree rec commendations follow because garget so frequently results in a great los logs to the dairyman and the treatment of the disease Is so often unsatisfactory very careful consideration should be elv en ell to the prevention of the disease in handling a case of F arget it should be remembered that 1 L most all cases of garget are ar caused by some germ growing in the milk and udder tissues 2 every drop of milk from a dla dis eased cased quarter contains millions of germs capable of causing garget in another udder 8 3 the chief way in which these germs enter the udder Is ia through the opening of the teat 4 such things as heavy protein feeding bruises lying on the cold floors doors and irregularity or delay in full milking king will not alone cause garget they will weaken the udder however making it much easier for germs already present to cause the disease the most successful way to handle a case of garget Is to treat it serl seri bously from the very start the simplest appearing case may become serious if neglected when a case of garget Is discovered 1 it if possible remove the cow from the herd this will reduce the danger of the disease spreading to other cows 2 milk the diseased udder only after milking the remainder of tile the herd 3 milk the well quarters first dip the ends of the tents teats in a we weak solution of disinfectant before milking the diseased quarter 4 do not milk the diseased quarter on oil tile the floor it should be milked in a pall and the milk should be thrown out where the cows cannot lie in it 5 reduce the feed it Is generally adl ad Usable sable to cut all grain from the ration for the first day or day and a halt half 6 it Is generally a wise precaution to give the cow a laxative one halt half or three fourths of a pound of epsom salts 7 milking the affected quarters its as often as possible greatly reduces the danger of the infection spreading through the udder tills this may be done as often as every three hours 8 rub the udder mildly with hot water at least twice a day |