166 COCONUT PLANTER'S MANUAL; 



Treatment.— No particular line of treatment can be relied upon, but 

 the following has been fouDd distinctly useful in this country :— 



(1) As soon as the aDimal is noticed to be ill (it is important to give 

 this in the earliest stage) — 



Turpentine, 2 tablespoonfuls (2 ounces) } mixed. 



Raw linseed oil or gingelly oil, 1 pint (f bottle) J 



This may be given with advantage to all contacts, as it seems to modify 

 the bowel lesions a good deal if an attack follows, and it can be repeated 

 four days later. 



(2) In the case of animals not purging give 8 hours after the above £ 

 to 1 lb. of Epsom Salts dissolved in four bottles of rice congee. 



(3) Give daily night and morning for four days- 

 Quinine, 1 level teaspoonful -\ 



Arrack, J bottle > mixed. 



Rice congee, 4 bottles * 



After four days give this once a day for a week. 

 If obtainable, i dram of Salol may be added to above. 

 Food should be soft— plenty of gruel or congee, tender grass; no hard 

 food should be given until the animal is noticed to be chewing the cud. 



Recovered animals should be kept separate from non-infected animals 

 for at least a fortnight after recovery, and the dung burned. 



Preventive Inoculation.— There are several methods of inoculating 

 cattle to prevent an attack. The following is the simplest :— 



Serum alone Method.— In this a dose of anti-rinderpest serum- 

 prepared from the blood of cattle highly protected-is injected under the 

 skin by means of a hypodermic syringe and needle (syringe must be 

 perfectly clean and should be boiled before use). It is an easy and safe 

 method, and may be carried out by an owner himself. The protection only 

 lasts about three weeks, and must be repeated. Animals can remain at 

 work, Contacts should be inoculated without delay. 



A NOTE ON RAINFALL. 



The south-west monsoon usually shows signs of setting in about April. 

 It becomes more daflnite in May, and increases in force towards the end of 

 May or the midd]e of June. In August or September it continues, but with 

 diminished force ; by October the north-east monsoon shows signs of coming 

 in ; and by the end of the month, the transition period between the south- 

 west and north-east monsoons, tends to merge into the north-east. The 

 north-east monsoon persists in November, December, and January, when it 

 begins to die away, being replaced by a transition period, which gradually 



