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communicative nature the farmer never feels safe. His 

 best course, directly he sees it, is to shoot the infected 

 beast, and to continue to do so whenever it again re- 

 appears ; then it is an open question whether it is 

 advisable to inoculate or not. But, whatever he does^ he 

 should never let an infected beast live, as for every one 

 that he cures he probably infects several. A farmer with 

 a troop of cattle, if he buys others, should always put 

 them in a camp by themselves for at least three months 

 before he allows them to mix with his own. 



Gall-sickness is the next most serious disease. It 

 is purely a disease of the liver and of the digestive 

 organs, and is, of course, in no way infectious. In all 

 cases where sweet veldt cattle are brought on to sour 

 veldt, a considerable per-centage suffer. The best and 

 most simple remedy is a quart of linseed oil with a 

 wine-glass of turpentine for a full-grown beast, and 

 half the amount for a young beast. Failing linseed oil, 

 from one to two pounds of Epsom salts can be used 

 instead. Having given the dose, leave the beast alone ; 

 much harm is often done by the farmer getting im- 

 patient at the apparently slow working of the medicine, 

 and giving another dose on the top of it. In all cases 

 of physicking, having made up your mind what is 

 best medicine to be given, give it, and leave the rest 

 to nature and perfect rest. With gall-sickness, once 



