OF THE OX. 299 



Let the following provisions be added to their 

 daily sustenance : 



Pounded oats 4 pounds. 



Pounded juniper berries .... 1 pound. 



Powdered gentian 1 ounce. 



Sulphate of iron 2 drachms. 



Carbonate of soda 2 



The herdsman who tends the cattle whilst 

 feeding in the fields must have them cleaned 

 every day : he will carefully wash and scrub 

 them ; he will not allow them to drink out of 

 the ponds, or at any stagnant and muddy 

 watercourse. 



Those belonging to the second class must 

 receive the same strengthening and tonic ra- 

 tion in the morning ; and, twice every day, one 

 of the following anti-contagious preparations : 

 either a solution of Morale of potash or of 

 permanganate of potash ; two drachms of either 

 of these salts dissolved in eight ounces of warm 

 water, mixed afterwards with a gallon of an 

 infusion of sage or hyssop, just at the time 

 when the drink is given to them. 



Or you may employ, for the same purpose, 

 a solution of arseniate of soda two grains 

 dissolved in four ounces of water, and mixed 



