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ley, and the other two ipecac. All others treated in the same way- 

 died, I examined several after death, and found them diiferently 

 affected. In some the manyplus or manyfolds w^ould contain a 

 dry, hard substance through which it appears impossible for any- 

 thing to pass. I had noticed some of them swallowing gravel 

 stones, and found them imbedded in this dry stuff in the many- 

 plus, making it seem like the .gizzard of a turkey, and supposed 

 instinct taught them that the gravel might cut through. Others 

 ■would appear all right there. All, however, were alike in one 

 respect, their blood was all turned to water, so that in skinning, 

 the water would follow the knife, and in cutting them open we 

 would not find blood enough to stain our hands. The lungs of 

 some had the appearance of a fringe around the edges, from half 

 an inch to an inch deep, the liver generally very pale. I cut open 

 the heart of one and found it filled with clotted blood. One fine 

 Southdown got better under our treatment and appeared to want 

 salt. I gave it a little, and next day it died. I studied Randall, 

 but got very little satisfiiction — nothing touching the case. I then 

 procured Youatt, from which I learned of something shuilar in 

 England, and in order to be as brief as possible, will refer the 

 reader to pages 432, 435, 436 and 447, but the producing causes 

 and duration of the disease before death seem to be different. I 

 have had various opinions about the cause, but have finally con- 

 cluded that they must have eaten some weed which has produced 

 the derangement in the stomach, not laurel, for I have had that, 

 and it operates very differently. The remainder of my lambs are 

 healthy and doing well, and the old sheep seem perfectly healthy. 

 Can any one give me any light on the subject? 



Diseases of Cows — Casting the Withers — How to Cure. 



Mr. C. Ingott, of Minnesota, who says he is an old man of con- 

 siderable experience, wnshes to give it for the benefit of those 

 having cow^s suffering from this disease : " In the first place, if 

 the cow is young and worth saving, she can be saved by proper 

 attention, time and patience. The disease is not incura1)le, it is 

 merely unpleasant to deal with. It does not follow that a cow 

 once affected will be so again. Therefore never turn away a really 

 good cow to fatten because she has once cast her withers. The 

 following is the plan I pursue : I carefully wash the protruded 

 part and return it. Sometimes this is difficult owing to much 

 swelling, but patience Nvill overcome the difficulty. I then put 



