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chlorate of potash, borax, or alum, about one-half ounce in a pint 

 of water. Feed on soft food, as, bran mashes, chops, etc., and 

 dompen all the fodder you give him. 



PTYALISM, OR SLOBBERING. 



This consists of an excessive secretion of saliva (spittle) from 

 the mouth. 



Causes. It may be caused by irregular teeth, inflammation of 

 the mouth or tongue, or by such medicines as mercury, lobelia, 

 etc. Foreign bodies, as nails, wheat-chaff, and corn cobs, be- 

 coming lodged in the mouth, will cause it, a,s well as certain 

 kirds of food. 



Treatment. Ascertain the cause of the trouble, and remove 

 it. Change the food, and feed the animal some of our Condition 

 Powders. Wash the mouth out with alum water in case of sore- 

 ness. 



CHOKING. 



Choking is the name- applied to the trouble where an animal 

 gets some object, or portion of unmasticated food, lodged in the 

 oesophagus (gullet). Cattle are more frequently troubled with 

 choking than horses. Greedy eaters very often take too much 

 into their mouths at once, and try to swallow it without properly 

 grinding it; therefore, the food a potato, an apple, a turnip, an 

 ear of corn, a cob, shelled oats, or whatever it may be becomes 

 lodged in the gullet by being too large to pass into the stomach. 



Symptoms. The animal makes continued efforts to swallow, 

 may have spasms of pain while doing so. Slobbering at the 

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