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 APPENDIX. 



Some years ago when Secretary to the Mysore Planter's 

 Association Government favored me with a recipe for the 

 cure of Foot and Mouth Disease in Cattle (Epizootic Aphtha 

 discovered by Colonel H. N. Da vies of the Burmah Commis- 

 sion.) I have never feared the disease since, and found the 

 treatment and applications recommended an infallible cure; 

 I regret to say I have mislaid my copy of the memorandum^ 

 but as I have extensively used the preparation and found it 

 necessary slightly to alter the ingredients in order to utilize 

 local products in compounding it, I will venture to state from 

 memory " Wash the mouth and feet of the animal carefully 

 with soap (Carbolic soap if procurable) and tepid water and 

 apply the fruit salve freely to the tongue gums and 

 whole interior of the mouth. Apply the lotion with a soft 

 paint brush to the feet being: careful to see that a plenti- 

 ful supply soaks well in through the division of the hoof. 

 If maggots are visible they should be removed though ge- 

 nerally one application of the lotion is sufficient to destroy 

 them Separate the affected animals from the herd as the- 

 disease is highly contagious. Support strength with ragi 

 grueL 



Salve. Procure about 2 Ibs. weight of very ripe Tama- 

 rinds. Free them from seeds and fibres and squeeze and 

 work the fruit into a liquid pulpy mass adding about quarter 

 of a seer of common salt. 



Lotion. In half a bucket of water dissolve a ball of 

 country Catechu (karchu) (^Hfc) (which is manufactur- 

 ed from the residue found after the boiling preparation of 

 the areka nut) procurable in all bazaars a tea spoonful of 

 powdered alum (petticara) (W JSMvatf) and one or two* 

 drachms of Carbolic Acid, 



