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"reduce the fever, " are unsafe and positively dangerous to use 

 because the heart is usually involved. 



When the fever falls, we must be very careful, because the 

 animal is then very weak. We seem to get good results from 

 stimulants, say small doses of whiskey and tincture of nux 

 vomica, but these must be given with great care and modera- 

 tion. In a week or so the animals regain much of their lost 

 flesh and spirit and appear to be entirely well again. It is quite 

 usual, however, to find relapses after some weeks. These may 

 be frequent and severe enough to bring about extreme emacia- 

 tion, weakness, drowsiness, and an unthrifty condition that may 



require a year or more to fully 

 pass off. In such instances, the 

 animal often becomes stunted 

 for life. 



How to Prepare Cattle that 

 are to be taken South — If you 



decide to take some cattle South, 

 take the matter up with your 

 experiment station some months 

 in advance, so that you may 

 follow out a definite working 

 plan. The following one suc- 

 ceeds quite well: 



About April or May select a 

 suitable ' pasture of say ten to 

 twenty-five acres and allow no 

 native^ cattle to enter it from 

 that date. A field that is in 

 cultivation will answer. See 

 that it is fenced in a substantial 

 manner. About October plow 

 up several acres and plant oats 

 or a mixture of wheat and rye 

 so as to have green winter pas- 

 ture. Provide suitable barns and shed room, and a reliable water 

 supply. About December or January buy young cattle, say from 

 ten to eighteen months of age, and have them shipped south 

 in a clean, disinfected car, without unloading until they reach 

 their destination. They must be fed and watered in the car 

 and some reliable man must accompany them to see that these 

 essentials are strictly observed. You must not permit them 

 to be unloaded into stock pens along the route. 



In case you buy only one or two animals they should be crated 

 and sent by express. When they reach your depot, load them 

 onto the wagon directly from the car and haul to the pasture 

 you prepared some months previously. You should not buy 

 adult cattle, as the death rate is very high among them. 



Engorged Female Tick 



By feeding upon the nourish- 

 ing blood of the cow, the female 

 tick reaches maturity. It then 

 falls to the ground -where it de- 

 posits its eggs, thus greatly in- 

 creasing the number of cattle 

 ticks. 



