474 MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY 



It shall be thoroughly washed or scrubbed or 



scoured with water : then 

 It shall be washed over with limewash made 

 of freshly burnt lime and water, and con- 

 taining in each gallon of limewash four 

 ounces of chloride of lime or half a pint of 

 commercial carbolic acid, the limewash 

 being prepared immediately before use. 

 All litter, dung, or other thing that has been re- 

 moved from any such shed, stable, building, 

 place, van, cart, or vehicle as aforesaid, shall be 

 forthwith burnt or otherwise destroyed or dis- 

 infected to the satisfaction of an inspector of the 

 Local Authority. 



In regard to the disinfection of fields and like 

 places in which animals affected with anthrax have 

 died or been slaughtered, there are serious difficulties 

 which cannot be completely removed. A top-dressing 

 of lime is the most simple method which can be em- 

 ployed, and after a month or six weeks the lands may 

 be re-stocked. But it must be understood that a 

 certain degree of risk is incurred even after a much 

 longer interval, and occasionally it has been found 

 impossible to render contaminated land safe. In the 

 majority of cases, however, the plan suggested will be 

 effectual. 



"BLACK LEG," "BLACK QUARTER." 



Stock proprietors generally look upon Black Leg 

 and Anthrax as one and the same disease, or if not 

 very closely related, but they are perfectly distinct 

 affections, although both are dependant on specific 

 organisms. 



The specific organism of Black Leg is smaller and 



