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glad to learn the refult of fuch trials as may be made to afcertain 

 the tad. 



Oar correfpondent will excufe us for changing his fignature, 

 another gentleman liaving previoullv forcllalled the one he had 

 adopted. We Ihall be glad to hear from him often. N. 



TO THE CONDUCTOR OF THE FARMER S MAGAZINE. 



On the Difeafes to luJjich young Calves are expf)fed. 

 Sir, 



There is a fubje^l of the Vitmof:: ccnfequence in the prcfcn!: 

 ftate of the country which, while it merits the greatefl; attention, 

 I have never vet feen difculfed, nor even noticed in your ufeful 

 publication. The fubjed I allude to is, The difeafes to which very 

 voung calves are liable. When butcher-meat is at fuch an exor- 

 bitant price, and that price is faid to arife from the fcarcity of the 

 ftock, every mean ought to be ufed to increafe the quantity, in 

 order that the price may be brought within the reach of the ge- 

 neral body of the people, which at prefent it is not ; and this can 

 only be efTecled by endeavouring to preferve as man}' calves as 

 poflible, till t'le deficiencies of 1799 ^''^ 1800 are made up. 



It is well known in every breeding country, at leaft it is fo 

 Tvhere I live, that a great many calves die every year of an un- 

 known difeafe with which they are infefted very lliortly after 

 their birth. The common name which this difeafe receives with 

 us is the cords ; and while its fatal and widely-extended elre^ls are 

 the fubjc61: O'' juft regret, the difeafe itfelf is looked upon as in- 

 curable, and no pains are taken to inveftigate its nature, caufes, 

 and fymptoms, and no prefcription faggefted as a cure or preven- 

 tative. Whatever be its nature, this difeafe is exceedingly dan- 

 gerous, and fo extremely rapid (terminating frequently in a night's 

 tim.e), that all means of relief are commonly ufekfs before even it 

 is obferved. 



I do not, by any means, pretend to be qualified to difcufs this 

 fubje6t in the manner its importance requires : all that I fliall 

 therefore attempt is to ilate a few fa6ls which have fallen within 

 my own obfervation, and from thefe to fuggell fome hints for the 

 confideration of others of more experience ; hoping that experien- 

 ced breeders, and all others who with well to the intereil and prof- 

 perity of their country, m.ay be induced to take this fubject into 

 their ferious confideration. 



Almoil all calves that I have feen, wlio are faid to liavc died of 

 the cords, appear, when they are opened up, exceedingly red, and 

 the fmall leaders or ligaments are confidcrably fwelled, and have 



foaie. 



