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mended when the treatment of the malignant epidemic was under 

 consideration. 



"The cow, when beginning to recover, should be fattened and 

 sold. This is the first, and the grand step towards the preven- 

 tion of abortion, and he is unwise who does not immediately 

 adopt it. All other means are comparatively inefficient and 

 worthless. It was the charm, by means of which Chabert 

 arrested the plague, which, for thirty successive years, had devas- 

 tated the farm at Toury. Should the owner be reluctant to part 

 with her, two months at least should pass before she is permitted 

 to return to her companions. Prudence would probably dictate 

 that she should never return to them ; but be kept, if possible, 

 on some distant part of the farm. 



"Abortion having once occurred on the farm, the breeding 

 cows should be carefully watched. Although well fed, they 

 should not be suffered to get into too high condition. If the pest 

 continues to reappear, the owner should most carefully examine 

 how far any of the causes of abortion that have been detected 

 may exist on his farm, and exert himself in carefully removing 

 them." 



