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fully, but the task is a troublesome one and unpleasant 

 to perform. The hoof must be well and carefully pared 

 with a sharp knife, taking care, as far as possible, not 

 to damage the quick or bed of the horn. The part 

 shoufd then be thoroughly cleansed from all dirt with 

 warm water, and dressed with a solution of carbolic 

 acid consisting of one part of the acid to twenty parts 

 of glycerine. A poultice of linseed meal may then 

 be applied for one or two days, after which the foot 

 should be enveloped in cotton wool or tow, and enclosed 

 in a coarse bag. The carbolic dressing is to be repeated 

 once daily. If, in the course of healing, proud flesh (i.e., 

 red wart-like excrescences) should appear, this must be 

 overcome by caustic dressings, of which nitrate of silver 

 is the most effectual. Application of the caustic may be 

 made once daily until the excess of growth has been over- 

 come and the surface of the wound brought to its proper 

 level. Some recommend medicine to be given internally 

 at the commencement of the treatment, and administer 

 Epsom salts 2oz., sulphur i oz. Foot-rot is a disease, 

 however, which may be prevented by occasionally examin- 

 ing the hoofs and paring away any horn that has exceeded 

 its ordinary proportion. 



Garget. 



Garget, black garget, or inflammation of the udder, is 

 a serious ill, and if not taken in hand early and properly 

 treated, is very likely to end fatally. It may be brought on 

 owing to the goat getting chilled by lying on damp, cold 

 ground after kidding, by blows to the udder, by bad 

 milking, or as the result of sore teats that have been 

 neglected. The first symptom of this disease is the 

 refusal on the part of the mother to allow her young to 

 suck. When this is noticed the udder must be examined, 

 and if the part feels hot and hard, it is a further sign. 



