S20 ilQPERN FARRIER. 



of water, so as to make a thick, mucilaginous fluid. 

 To this add, 



Tincture of opium, - 2 drachms. 

 Ginger, _ _ - 3 drachms. 

 Catechu, or terra Japonica, half an ounce. 



Mixed. 



When the scouring has ceased, the cow should be 

 brought back to her usual state gradually. At first, 

 she should be turned out for a few hours, in some 

 dry pasture, when the weather is favourable ; and 

 her water should be gradually given less warm. 

 This precaution is highly necessary, as the affected 

 parts do not immediately recover their strength 

 after the scouring has ceased. 



In the diarrhoea, which arises from exhausting a 

 cow by constant milking, when she is not suffi- 

 ciently fed, or is supplied with food of a bad quality, 

 the remedy is sufficiently obvious. But, in this case, 

 it too often happens that the constitution is worn 

 out before it is thought necessary to alter the poor 

 animal's condition. >^^henever this change is made, 

 it must not be done too hastily, as other diseases 

 might thereby be produced. 



Calves, when first weaned, are subject to a species 

 of purging which sometimes proves extremely ob- 

 stinate ; and it is said 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 purg- 

 ing may in general be checked by boiling starch 

 and bean flour in their milk ; and if it still conti- 

 nues obstinate, a little ginger and laudanum may be 

 added. 



The writer last quoted says, ' As to the medical 

 treatment of this complaint, much useless expence 

 is often incurred. The most profitable plan is, J 



