S16 MODERN FARRIEll. 



It is proper, however, to observe, that, if the ani- 

 mal should become costive, a mild laxative will be 

 proper ; about half a dose will be sufficient. If 

 grass can be conveniently procured, when the ani- 

 mal is kept under cover, a moderate quantity will 

 be useful. In favourable weather, the field is the 

 best place ; but a sheltered and warm situation 

 should be chosen. 



The following laxative may be used : 



Sulphat of soda (Glauber's salt) 1 pound. 

 Oatmeal gruel, - - - 1 quart. 

 Powdered carraway seeds, - 1 ounce. 



Mix for one dose. 



Whenever this disease appears to be epidemic, 

 preventive measures should be seasonably adopted, 

 which is more particularly necessary when rain and 

 cold winds prevail ; for catarrh, or cold, is often an 

 insidious complaint, and, if neglected, may produce 

 very serious consequences. 



12. Scouring Rot. 



Symptoms. — In cattle this complaint is sometimes 

 very serious, and farmers not unfrequently lose se- 

 veral of these animals by it in a season. This has 

 induced them to call it the scouring rot. When 

 the purging has continued long, it produces in these 

 animals a general weakness and loss of flesh. Their 

 skin sometimes hangs loose about the body ; in 

 other cases they appear hidebound ; the hair turns 

 sandy, or of a greyish colour ; their eyes grow pale ; 

 the pulse becomes weak and irregular ; their excre- 

 ments thin and slimy, and frequently change colour, 

 especially in the early stages of the disease ; but 

 when the complaint is pretty far advanced, the 

 dung appears like half-chewed food ; and, in fact, in 

 these cases the food appears to pass through the 



