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health of their animals. They do not look sufficiently to the 

 feed. We see it more often in dogs that are getting too high 

 feed. I have seen a film over their eyes to such an extent 

 that they would be almost totally blind ; and yet, by a little 

 simple starvation, they brightened up in a few days. The 

 same tiling may occur in our cattle. 



Question. What would you do if an animal got some- 

 thing in its eye ? 



Dr. BowEN. You will have to look very carefully into it. 



Mr. . I had a horse, some three years ago, one of 



whose eyes would be closed for a day or two and would weep. 

 I bathed it with lukewarm water, that was the only thing I 

 could think of, and the best thing that I could do. I sup- 

 posed something had got into it. It got well, apparently, but 

 in about a month it came on again, I consulted a veterinary 

 surgeon about it, and he said it was ophthalmia. He gave me 

 a lotion of sugar of lead and sulphate of zinc, I suppose, and 

 I used this lotion whenever the trouble came on. The horse 

 is now blind. I know of several horses that are apparently 

 going through the same difficulty. I would like to know 

 what will cure in such cases. 



Mr. GiLMAN, of New Hartford. I had a horse one of whose 

 eyes became blind. I called in a veterinaiy surgeon, who 

 recommended blistering. I applied the blisters, and the 

 horse has been perfectly sound for two years. I blistered 

 six or seven times, the thin film came off, and the eye dis- 

 charged. The same man told me that before two years the 

 horse would be perfectly blind, but there is no appearance of 

 it. The blisters were applied in the hollow right by the side 

 of the eye. 



The Secretary read an invitation from Booth & Co. to visit 

 their works at nine o'clock to-morrow morning, which the 

 Convention very cordially accepted. 



Adjourned to evening. 



