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directed to the hygienic conditions required by 

 the animal. Every morning he should be 

 cleaned, washed, brushed, and dried ; what is 

 every day done for the horse must now be 

 done for the ox. These unusual cares will be 

 most salutary to him, and greatly increase his 

 vital resistance. 



The animal thus protected in his food and 

 particular necessities, attention must next be 

 directed to the stalls and sheds. Over-crowding 

 must be carefully avoided ; the proper cube of 

 air for breathing must be measured out for 

 each head of cattle ; every day the latter must 

 be carried out into the open air ; the floor of 

 the stall or shed must first be thoroughly 

 cleansed and washed out, after which it must 

 be sprinkled with a solution of chloride of 

 lime. If the stall is not well aired, a little 

 straw should be burned on the ground, to im- 

 prove the atmosphere, or else branches of 

 resinous trees, or juniper berries may be used. 

 In some cases aromatic fumigations of sage, 

 rosemary, or mint, boiled in water, are em- 

 ployed, the balsamic vapours which arise there- 

 from being at once tonic and purifying. 

 During the night a tub, containing pitch and 



