402 HOW TO MAKE THE FARM PAY. 



Choking often occurs wliere farmers do not cut up their 

 roots, or where cattle get to the apples or potatoes unbidden. 

 The best practice we know of, is to strap up one fore foot and 

 make the animal hop. The obstruction will soon be thrown 

 up. Another plan is, to have a rod about three feet long, with 

 a greased swab on one end, and, one man pulling out the 

 tongue, another forces the swab quickly down to the obstruc- 

 tion. 



The Diseases of Dairy Stock are few, where properly 

 cared for ; but garget, milk-fever, and slinking, are by far too 

 common. Garget is an inflammation of the udder. One or 

 more teats become swollen and tender ; the milk cakes in the 

 bag, and in time the flow will cease. When first discovered, 

 put the calf to the mother several times a day. The udder 

 should also be washed frequently. Give a physic of Epsom 

 salts and molasses. Dissolve one-half to a pound of salts in a 

 quart of boiling water, add a teacup of molasses, and give before 

 it gets cold. 



Slinking the Calf [abortion) is quite common among high 

 fed cows, but the causes are not yet known. It usually occurs 

 from the fourth to the sixth month of pregnancy. If the cow 

 is uneasy and feverish, excited and timid, remove her from the 

 rest, give her a dose of salts and molasses in gruel or a mash. 

 A cow that has once slunk her calf is not reliable to breed from 

 again, but with a valuable cow we should always make a second 

 trial, but never more; dispose of such cows and get others. 

 We think something can be done in the way of prevention. 

 In the first place, when near calving time, and for some weeks 

 after calving, the cow should not be exposed to cold rains or 

 drink very cold water. Ice cold water given to a cow, just 

 before or just after calving, has often caused the loss of the ani- 

 mal as breeder. Again, we are of the opinion that hard water 



