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weather is agreeable ; and her water should be given gradually 

 less warm. This precaution is highly requisite, as the affected 

 parts do not immediately recover their strength after the scour- 

 ing has ceased. 



In the diarrhoea, which arises from exhausting a cow by con- 

 stant milking, when she is not sufficiently fed, or is supplied with 

 food of a bad quality, the remedy is sufficiently obvious. But, 

 in this case, it too often occurs that the constitution is worn out 

 before it is thought necessary to alter the poor animal's condi- 

 tion. Whenever this change is made, it must not be done too 

 hastily, as* other diseases may be produced thereby. 



When calves are first weaned, they are subject to a species of 

 purging, which sometimes proves extremely obstinate; and some 

 suppose that the principal reason of the calf-feeders giving them 

 chalk to lick, is to prevent this purging. It appears that this 

 disease will take place in calves, when they are fed on the milk 

 of some particular cows; and that when the milk is changed, 

 the complaint goes off. The purging may generally be sus- 

 pended, by boiling starch and bean flour in their milk; but should 

 it still continue obstinate, a little ginger and laudanum may be 

 added. 



The last named writer also observes: "As to the medical 

 treatment of this complaint, much useless expense is often incur- 

 red. The most profitable plan is, I believe, to put the animal 

 under cover, especially in winter, autumn, and the early part of 

 spring; and feed on hay, bran mashes, with oats, or oil cake, and 

 endeavor to make her fit for the butcher. If it be a milk cow, 

 she should be suffered to go dry. Should the scouring continue, 

 notwithstanding this change, give, in the first place, the drench 

 before directed, or the following : 



Common salt, .8 ounces, 



Flour of mustard, ..... 2 ounces, 



Water, . . . . . . .1 pint and a half, 



Oil, or melted lard, ..... half a pound. 



" This will increase the discharge for a short time; afterwards, 

 the dung will gradually become of a more natural consistence. 

 But should the scouring continue, give the astringent drink 

 already prescribed, or the following : 



Powdered catechu, . . . . . .6 drachms, 



Tincture of opium, ..... half an ounce, 



Powdered ginger, . . . . . 2 to 3 drachms, 



Warm ale 1 pint and a half. 



Mixed. 



