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be kept on dry fodder, and have peas and beans 

 given them to strengthen them. A mess of 

 malt, or a quart of warm ale, with a few spices, 

 will be very suitable for them. 



"Whatever diseases the cattle may be af- 

 fected with, if time will permit, they are first 

 to be removed. 



" The cattle to be inoculated are first to be 

 well washed, rubbed dry, and then curried, to 

 remove all the filth from the hair and skin. 

 Then they are to be placed in a spacious barn 

 or stable, where the air is temperate and no 

 cold can come to them. There they are to 

 be prepared according to the direction already 

 given, foddered with good sweet hay, and 

 watered with clear spring water ; and if the 

 distemper be not near, they may be turned out 

 into the air, near the barn or stable, and may 

 stay there a few hours in the middle of the 

 day. 



" When it appears that the cattle are in 

 perfect health, free from any infection or 

 disease, brisk and lively, neither costive nor 

 scouring, and chewing their cud, then the 

 operation maybe safely undertaken, and hence- 

 forth they must be confined to the barn. 



