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consists in cutting the roots ; not feeding them when the ani- 

 mals are very hungry ; and not disturbing them while eating. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE STOMACH is frequently produced 

 by a sudden change from dry to green food, and some other 

 causes. Epsom salts, castor oil, sulphur and carbonate of 

 soda, in suflicient quantity to purge freely, arc good remedies. 

 It may be prevented by changing the food gradually. 



M \\:i; OR SCAB. This is denoted by the animal rubbing 

 the hair off about the eyes and other parts, the skin is scaly 

 or scabby, sometimes appearing like a large seed-wait. 

 Remedy. Rub the spots with sulphur and lard, after scraping 

 and washing with soap. When the skin is cracked, take 

 sulphur, 1 lb ; turpentine, 1-4 Ib ; ungucntum, (or mercurial 

 ointment,) 2 ounces ; linseed oil, 1 pint. Melt the turpentine 

 and warm the oil, and when partly cooled, stir in the sulphur, 

 and when cold add the ungucntum, mixing all well. Rub this 

 thoroughly with the hand on the parts affected. We have 

 no doubt this, like scab in sheep and itch in the human spe- 

 cies, will be Ibund, on close investigation, to be caused by 

 minute insects located in the skin. Salt and water ought in 

 that case to be a good remedy. 



HOLLOW HORN, OR HORN AIL, is not unfrcquently hollow 

 stomach, and very often follows stinted fare, hard usage, and 

 exposure to cold. We have noticed this as most prevalent 

 among oxen that have done a severe winter's work. Symp- 

 toms. Bloody urine ; swollen udder ; shaking the head ; 

 eyes and head swollen ; standing with the head against a fence 

 or barn ; eyes dull and sunken, and horns cold. Remedies. 

 1. Bleed and physic, shelter and feed properly. 2. Take a 

 half pint good vinegar, two table spoonsful of salt, one tea 

 spoonful of pepper and mix and pour into each ear, holding 

 the head on one side for two minutes. 3. Bore with a large 

 gimblet on the under side of the horn, three or four inches 

 from the head, and if hollow, bore nearer the head and let out 

 all the matter, and syringe two or three times a day with salt 

 and water, or soap suds, or salt and vinegar. 4. Spirits of 

 turpentine rubbed in around the base of the horns, will arrest 

 the disease in its incipient stages. 5. Pour a spoonfull 

 boiling hot brimstone into the cavity between the horns. 

 6. Pour a tea kettle of boiling water on the horns, holding so as 

 to prevent injury to the other parts. 7. Soot and pepper 

 given internally are good. 



JAUNDICE OR YELLOWS. This is owing to gall stones or 

 calculi, which occasionally accumulate in large numbers, 



