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quarts of one of the solutions injected into the vagina 

 and uterus. The washing of the external genials should 

 take place daily, once or twice a week will be often 

 enough for the injections, depending on the 

 amount of the discharges. All fetuses, soiled 

 bedding and discharges should be destroyed, 

 the stables should receive thorough and fre- 

 quent sprinkling with 



quicklime or chloride **' . 



of lime, Spraying of FUNNEL MADE OF TIN FOB INJECTIONS. 



the walls and stalls u P per part sllould hold a quart ' the tube 



being about 18 to 20 inches long; the model 

 With hot lime Wash would be improved by 4 inches of tnbe to the 



will also be beneficial. bottom portion ' making " more of a funneh 

 The bull may be the source of contagion in a herd, so' 

 that the penis and sheath of that animal should also be 

 attended to; injections into the skin of a carbolic solution 

 (two per cent. ) or turpinol, every two weeks have been 

 recommended by some, others preferring the administra- 

 tion of the drug in the food, when given in this manner, 

 the dose is from fifteen drops to two drams, dissolved in 

 half an ounce of glycerine and fed in a bran mash, two 

 or three times a week. Affected animals should not be 

 used again for breeding until the vaginal discharge has 

 ceased completely; a change in the bull used is said to 

 have a favorable effect on the disease, he must, of course, 

 be from a healthy herd. The following tonic powder 

 will be useful for cows until the discharge (we might 

 term it leucorrhea, by the appearance of the discharge) 

 stops; Bluest one and copperas of each three ounces, 

 powdered gentian six ounces mixed and made into 

 twenty-four powders, one of which is to be given twice 

 daily in the feed. 



