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Journal of Agriculture. 



[lo Sept., 1910. 



In addition to the pellets of mercurial chloride, it is also necessary 

 to be provided with a 3-/6'6>i; length of stout india-rubber tubing of h-inch 

 diameter and a small funnel either of glass or enamelled metal. 



Neither the drug nor its solution must on any account be allowed to 

 come into contact with plain metal on account of its strong chemical action 

 on sucli material. 



Also, for use in the treatment of the bull, an ordinary enema syringe 

 with vulcanite fittings should be obtained. 



IRRIGATING VAGINA OF IN-CALF COW AS 

 A PREVENTIVE OF ABORTION. 



IRRIGATING WOMB OF COW WHICH HAS 

 ABORTED. 



ENEMA SYRINGE FOR IRRIGATING 

 SHEATH OF BULL. 



The Strength of the .solution of mercurial chloride to be used is as 

 follows: — 



{a) For cows ivliich are repeatedly returning to the bull, or are appar- 

 ently .sterile, i in 1,250. This can be conveniently prepared by dissolving 

 one pellet in an ordinary {clear glass) whisky bottle of water, which has 

 been boiled and allowed to cool to about blood heat. 



{b) For a bull, a solution of the same strength (i in 1,250) should 

 be used. 



(c) For cows w'hich have just aborted, a weaker solution (i in 2,500) 

 should be used and applied once daily for three successive days, and at 

 bi-weekly intervals afterwards if there be any discharge from the vagina. 

 This solution can be made by dissolving one pellet in two ivhishy bottles- 

 full of water. 



(d) For in-calf cows more than tlirec months pregnant which are to be 

 treated as a preventive measure, the solution (i in 2,500), as in paragraph 

 (c) should be used. 



