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treatment till the hair becomes scurffy or tears drop from the eyes. The 

 last two symptoms indicate enough of the drug has been given. How- 

 ever if they do not appear at the end of the first 8 days the dose may be 

 increased one third. 



LUMPY JAW 



(Actinomycosis, Wooden Tongue) 



An easy and effective way to throw cattle. The head is tied and the rope 

 encircling the body is drawn tight. 



This is a fungus disease of the blood effecting cattle and occisionally 

 horses and hogs. The fungus grows on forage and beards of small grains 

 as rye, barley, oats and wheat. It also grows on the grasses in pastures 

 and hay fields. The fungi probably gain entrance to the blood by the 

 irritation of heads or sharp ends of straws. However it is probable that 

 thorns and other wounds would make an opening to the blood. 



SYMPTOMS 



This disease may appear in the form of one centralized swelling or 

 several small swellings or internally as wooden tongue. In the last form 

 the tongue becomes enlarged and useless. The animal has difficulty in 

 eating. For this form give potassium iodide treatment only. The swell- 

 ings on the exterior of the body appear chiefly on the sides of the head 



