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camphor, mixed equally, makes a good liniment to relieve pain 

 caused by spavin. 



Question.- — ■ What liniment will limber, or take the soreness 

 out of a sprain so that the horse may be worked? 



Dr. Hatch. — There is no liniment which will take the soreness 

 all out of a sprain, but it may be relieved by drawing it somewhat 

 to the surface. 



Question. — What will kill lice on cattle? 



Mr. Smith.' — ■ Anything that will stop the lice from breathing. 

 Plaster, road dust or grease will kill them. They breathe through 

 holes in their sides, and anything that will close them, kills the 

 lice. 



Question. — Give a lotion to prevent chapped teats on cows. 



Dr. Smead. — Carbolized vaseline. Two ounces of vaseline 

 mixed with a tablespoonful of carbolic acid, perhaps, is as good 

 as any application for chapped teats. 



Question.' — What will cure white scours in calves? 



Dr. Smead. — The cause is often overfeeding of too cold milk. 

 Watch the calves and know just how much to feed them. Keep 

 all vessels clean that they are fed in. It is a good plan to mix 

 lime water with milk when calves have the scours. Albumen in 

 the form of an egg is good for the calf. A little laudanum will 

 help to alleviate them when they are in pain. In advanced stages, 

 I should give a little oil — castor or linseed. 



Question. — What are the symptoms of black leg in cattle? 



^Ir. Witter. — Anthrax is the proper name. The animals usu- 

 ally first become lame in one quarter. It invariably kills, and is 

 very contagious. 



Question. — ■ What is the treatment of a cow with large and 



inflamed knee? 



Dr. Smead. — I would puncture it to draw off the fluid, then 

 bathe with tincture of arnica. This is the treatment, if the trouble 

 is not chronic. 



Question. — Can a poll evil be cured, and how? 



Dr. Hatch. — Poll evil, if treated in the first stage, may be 

 prevented by the use of a blister. If it is allowed to progress, 

 nothing but a surgical operation will cure it. A tincture of 

 Spanish flies, one ounce, croton oil, ten drops, will produce a blis- 

 ter which, if early applied, will prevent the disease developing. ^ 



Question. — What causes the excrement of a cow to be thin 

 when she has two feeds of straw and hay? 



