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Another man in my neighborhood had a sick cow that was 

 similarly situated. She had just calved, and could not get up. 

 I bled her, and, finding that her bag was swollen quite badly, 

 rubbed her bag with oil, and she got well. We only rubbed it 

 once I think. I attributed the cure to the bleeding. Mr. 

 Keith, who pretends to be a cow doctor, and goes all around for 

 ten or twelve miles, says he has practised bleeding for the past 

 year for every cow, and has not lost one. 



Mr. Boise, of Blandford. I object to boring out the teat. I 

 have had a good deal of experience in raiding heifers and in 

 taking care of cows, nearly the whole of my life, and I go 'round 

 some taking care of cows when they calve, &c. I have a rem- 

 edy for caked bag which I use, and use extensively. It is well 

 known to a good many horsemen that, if they have ahorse which 

 has had the horse distemper, or has been foundered a little, they 

 use an oil that is called skunk's oil. This oil, applied to a cow's 

 bag, penetrates it, and takes out the fever almost immediately. 

 But I spoiled two good cows by boring out the teats, and I don't 

 want to spoil any more. 



Mr. Converse, of Palmer. Mr. Keith went to visit a heifer 

 this fall. She was a very nice heifer, but they could not get 

 any milk from her, and they concluded she must be spoiled. 

 He bored out all four of the teats. They thought there was no 

 hole in the teats. Now she is a good heifer. You could not 

 buy her for fifty doll irs. 



Mr. Boise. For the milk fever, I have used a poultice of 

 mustard and vinegar, applied to the back. I believe the disease 

 is something like the typhoid fever in the human system, and 

 that either goes to the bowels, the spine, or the brain. I apply 

 this poultice of mustard and vinegar to the spine, and right 

 them in that way, without bleeding them at all. 



Mr. Goodman. When such eminent doctors disagree, it is 

 very difficult to decide in regard to the treatment of cows. 

 I confess that I am rather a homceopathist ; I don't believe in 

 the heroic treatment, except in very extreme cases. It may be 

 necessary, occasionally, to have the Ccesarian operation per- 

 formed upon a cow, but I think as a general thing, that 

 necessity may be avoided, by proper treatment of the animals. 

 That is where the difficulty comes in. If our women, and our 



