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turf with the dropping on it, and turning it upside 

 down. The grass on the entire meadow should then 

 be cut and burned. It should then be left without 

 any cattle for at least a month, including at least two 

 wet days. 



2. Of roads, 2. All roads, paths, streets of towns, or villages 

 should be carefully and frequently scavenged. All 

 carts, vans, or waggons used for carrying manure, 

 should be water-tight, caulked and painted, and should 

 not be permitted to ooze and drop their fluid or semi- 

 fluid contents on the road over which they are drawn. 

 They should be kept clean and disinfected, as a pre- 

 cautionary measure, by the proceedings above described. 



III. General III. GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS, 



recommenda- 

 tions. 



In conclusion it must be pointed out to farmers, 

 dairymen, and all persons having charge of cattle, 



That tlie same great measures which are known to 

 maintain and restore the health of human beings, 

 will also maintain and restore the health of cattle. 



Pure air ; dry, spacious, well-ventilated and well- 

 drained clean sheds ; clean and dry meadows ; plenty 

 of pure water ; frequent currying and washing ; the 

 prevention of the development, by the destruction of 

 the germs, of internal and external parasites, particu- 

 larly entozoa ; proper food in suitable quantities, and 

 at proper times protection from inclement weather ; 

 the utmost cleanliness in the removal of manure ; the 

 storing of the manure at a great distance from the 

 cattle-shed, and, in addition, the most conscientious 

 observance of the precautionary and disinfecting mea- 

 sures above described all these measures and agents 



