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ined her dung, and found it covered with a coat of blood ; 

 the cow did not look well, but, apprehending no danger, 

 she passed till next morning, when she appeared blind, 

 and died about ten o'clock ; and, upon examination, she 

 had that night voided about one pint of dark coloured 

 blood. 



Last fall I had a cow about eleven years old, and in 

 fine order, giving milk, taken in the same way ; she died 

 in about the same length of time, from the first time I 

 discovered her ailing. My boy, when he had seen her, 

 told me her horns were hollow ; I immediately examined 

 them and found they were so, and that an inflammation 

 had taken place in the brain and the root of the horn ; 

 for about one inch was coated on the inside with a slimy 

 matter. In the beginning of last February, when tread - 

 ing out clover-seed with two yoke of oxen and two horses. 

 I discovered one large ox six years old, and in fine order^ 

 voiding dung similar to the two cows above mentioned; 

 on examining him, his eyes looked heavy and blue. I 

 immediately turned out, (this was about ten o'clock, A. 

 M.) took the cattle to water, but the sick one would not 

 drink ; I put him in the stable, but he refused to eat. I 

 felt his horns and they were warm, somewhat warmer 

 than the others ; as he appeared to be going like the rest, 

 I bored his horns about two inches from the head ; they 

 were dry and hollow, and so soon as he was released, he 

 began to eat, and I plainly could see a change in his eyes. 

 I then gave him three balls made of rye flour, each con- 

 taining one table spoonful of the flour of brimstone, and 

 six cloves of garden garlic. I arose in the night to see 

 how he was, found him lying chewing his cud, and in the 

 morning 1 found in his stable about one pint of dark co- 

 loured blood ; by keeping the holes in the horns open, 

 without any other attendance, he was able to work in 

 three weeks, and, by his appearance, would have been fit 



