544 DISEASES OF CATTLE. 



DISEASES OF CATTLE. 

 Garget in Cows. 



This is swelling of the teats and udder of the cows, caused 

 often by not being milked or not having been milked clean. 



Co'mmon poke used is one of the best local remedies known. 

 Mix a handful of the dried leaves with the food, and prepare an 

 ointment by simmering a quarter of a pound of the dried root 

 with a pound of lard for two hours. This is to be used on the 

 udder after fomentation from one to two hours with water as hot 

 as can be borne, and then thoroughly drying. Rub in with as 

 much friction as can be borne. 



One pint of bean meal, mixed with other meal or mill-feed f/ 

 given to a cow twice a day, for two or three days in succession, is a 

 good local remedy for garget. In place of the bean meal, the beans 

 may be cooked soft, and fed in like manner. This is simple, but 

 found to be a very efficacious application. 



Choked Cattle. 



1. A strong solution of salt water, used as a drench, will often 

 relieve this difficulty. 



2. Another mode of relief is to cause the animal to jump over 

 as high a barrier as possible. 



3. Another method, that will often cause the obstruction to 

 be ejected from the throat, is to discharge a gun or revolver, hold - 

 ing the muzzle between the horns and a little forward of them. 



4. A flexible rod, with a knob on the end, may force the 

 obstruction down into the paunch. 



Scours in Cattle. 



Boil a quantity of wild cherry bark for an hour or more. The 

 quantity of water should be sufficient to keep the bark covered while 

 boiling. Soak corn, oats or barley in this liquid and feed it or 

 drench. It has proved one of the best remedies in use for this 

 disease. 



Scours in Calves. 



Give a raw egg and repeat the dose twice a day. It can be 

 administered by holding the tongue and pouring it down the throat. 

 This is an excellent remedy. 



Bloody Murrain or Black Leg. 



1. Drench the animal twice a day with a teacupful of salt 

 and as much vinegar. No water should be given for ten hours 

 after the drenching process. 



