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a lodgment in the small intestines, not being 

 digested, until enough was collected to cause a 

 stoppage, and the puppies consequently died. 

 The cause being removed, we lost no more pups. 

 As infection is always in lurk in kennels it is, I 

 think, always advisable to give puppies that have 

 passed the tenth week a dose of vermifuge oc- 

 casionally until after the ninth month. When 

 the kennels are kept perfectly free from fleas 

 and other noxious insects, during the warm 

 weather a thorough good washing once a week 

 is of great benefit to the growing stock, and I 

 know of no soap so good to use as the following : 



i Ib. of Crown Soap (English harness soap). 



1-2 ounce of mild mercurial ointment (com- 

 monly called by the chemists "blue oint- 

 ment"). 



I ounce of powdered camphor. 

 Mix thoroughly, and take a very small quantity 

 and rub into the coat, thoroughly rinsing after- 

 wards, followed by careful drying. Every day 

 a good brushing will be found of great benefit, 

 and when an extra luster is desired in the coat, 

 as for the show bench, there is nothing that will 

 do the trick as readily as to give the coat a 

 thorough good dressing with newly ground yel- 

 low corn meal, carefully brushing out all the 

 particles, which will leave the coat immacu- 

 lately clean. 



