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and leaving in the wound a piece of tape knotted at both ends so it 

 can't come out but will keep the wound open. The tape and the 

 wound must be dressed with ointment made as follows: one ounce of 

 turpentine, one ounce of sulphuric acid, eight ounces of cotton-seed or 

 linseed oil. Mix thoroughly and keep the wound dressed with it for 

 four or five days. 



Accessory Treatment: When Black-leg is at all about give 

 each animal with its salt ten per cent, of Hyposulphite of soda 

 for a few days. Also keep the pastures well drained. The first and 

 worst cases always happen on the poorly drained lands, and the next 

 on pastures where sheltered nooks or hollows where water stands 

 has formed a suitable place for the germ to thrive and become viru- 

 lent. Many cattle that are thought to have died from eating poison 

 herbs on hillsides really died of Black-leg or Anthrax. 



