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The Country Gentleman's Magazine 



must candidly confess that we have none to 

 offer. 



Next in importance to isolation is disinfec- 

 tion — surromiding the animals with an 

 atmosphere which is capable of neutralizing 

 the poisonous influence of the virus, should it 

 obtain an entrance to the place in which the 

 cattle are confined. This may be done to 

 some extent by the use of carbolic acid, or 

 chloride of zinc, or sulphurous acid ; but car- 

 bolic acid is the most manageable and least 

 dangerous compound for the purpose. The 

 air of the cow-shed may be sufliciently 

 charged with the acid by sprinkling the 



liquid about the floor ; or, better, by mixing 

 one pint of carbolic acid with forty or fifty 

 parts of water, and saturating with this solu- 

 tion a quantity of sawdust, which may be 

 spread over the floor of the shed. Cloths 

 dipped in the solution may also be hung near 

 the windows and doors. As an additional 

 precaution, quicklime may be spread at the 

 entrance to the shed, in order to meet the 

 possible danger of any one entering the place 

 after treading on manure of infected animals. 

 By adopting these precautions as a system of 

 daily routine, the stock owner will do all that 

 can be done to prevent infection. 



