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or as a result of running on low-lying, wet, muddy pas- 

 tures. Lameness will be excessive, the pain in some 

 cases causing the animal to go off its feed, fall behind the 

 flock or herd and sometimes go on its knees, in such cases 

 trim down the feet and bathe in a bluestone solution 

 (sulfate of copper (bluestone) 1 ounce to water 10 ounces), 

 then apply tar to the parts, two or three applications of 

 the bluestone solution will usually cure most cases; where 

 large numbers need treatment the solution is made and 

 placed in a wooden trough and the animals walked 

 through it; the former conditions should be changed; in 

 those cases in which sloughing has occurred butyr of 

 antimony may be used to touch the raw spots. 



A good way to treat cattle affected is to take a piece of 

 cheesecloth soaked with the drug, after cleaning between 

 the cleft, working back and forth and then apply pine 

 tar on a clean piece of cheesecloth, which may be tied 

 on the foot as follows: Take a piece of cheesecloth and 

 split it at both ends; spread tar over the unsplit part 

 and draw up between the claws; then bring the ends 

 from the back around and tie to those on the front, a 

 knot having been tied in each to prevent the split ex- 

 tending too far; in severe cases poultice with flaxseed, or 

 boiled turnips; do not use cow dung or other dirty 

 materials. 



Dropped Hip is a fairly common fracture occurring in 

 horses, sometimes seen in cattle, being in fact the break- 

 ing down of the outer point of the hip bone, the result of 

 rushing through narrow doorways or animals crowding 

 in such places, the careful stockman will always give his 

 Stock plenty of time to get through doorways, gateways, 



