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warm, and then given to the calf; about six or 

 eiffht fifills, accordinp- to the size of the calf, and re- 

 peated four tuiies in twenty four hours. As the 

 calf gathers strength, the quantity may be increased; 

 but too much milk at one time is as bad as too lit- 

 tle, until it is a month or six weeks old. When the 

 calf is able to stand, it is tied to a stake ; as it is 

 more in the power of the servant to give it milk in 

 that situation, than v^dien going about loose. If a 

 calf gets cold milk, it is sure to bring on a trembling, 

 and the cords or some other malady follows ; which 

 he has often seen exemplified amongst the neigh- 

 bouring young stock. 



33. Wounds. 



The wounds of cattle are most commonly caused 

 by goring each other with their horns, or by break- 

 ing over fences ; and, v hen deep oi extensive, are 

 generally followed by considerable inflammation. 



The treatment of wounds must depend in a great 

 measure on the part where they are inflicted, and 

 the form of tlie instrument that produced them. A 

 clean cut made in the muscular parts is easily healed, 

 by applying slips of sticking plaster as soon as possi- 

 ble, so as to keep the edges of the v/ound close to- 

 gether ; or vvhere plaster cannot readily be applied, 

 by taking a stitch or tvv'o through the edges of the 

 wound, and tying the strings gently together. — 

 When the edges are found to adhere, the strings 

 must be cut away, and the holes which they made 

 will soon fill up. All wounds should be made as 

 clean as possible, before any attempt is made to heal 

 them. Sometimes the wound is so situated that it 

 will not admit of being sewed up ; but in these 

 cases we may in general pass silver or steel pins 

 from the edges, at about an inch distance from each 

 other, and twist a thread crosswise from one to the 

 other, so as to form wliat is called the twisted-sulHrc. 



