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COWS— DAIRY STOCK. 



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cure a cow of almost any disease. At least, let me give my experience. I 

 have two fine, valuable cows ; tlicy have had, it seems to me, some of the 

 worst diseases tiiat prevail — black-tongue, murrain, dry murrain, etc. — and 

 wlien I saw they were dying, I mixed one ounce of calomel in dry coru-rncal, 

 wliicli they would lick up, and it has never failed to cure." 



33. Keep Cows GeiitSe. — If you milk out doors, with the cow loose, provide 

 good stools for each milker. See that they are never used to pound the cow 

 with ; and never allow man or woman to kick or pound a cow in the stable 

 or milking yard. If gentle means will not make a cow gentle, harsh means 

 never will. It may be necessary to reduce a cow to obedience by a little 

 punishment — to teach her, as you would a horse or ox, that you are master; 

 but to accomplish this, never use anything but a light lash or smart switch, 

 and never use that in anger. An angry man is a fool, compared with a 

 sensible cow. 



3-i. Ayrshire Cows. — In Massachusetts, the improvement of dairy stock by 

 the introduction of Ayrshire blood has become so apparent, tliat no argu- 

 ment could induce those acquainted witli their value to return to the hazards 

 of native breeding. "We could jjoiut to farmers in Essex, Middlesex, and 

 Worcester counties, who, under the most prudent management, avail them- 

 selves of every opportunity to introduce Ayrshire blood into their herds, and 

 our own observation teaches us that the importations of the Massachusetts 

 Society for Promoting Agi-iculture, of Capt. Eandall, of 'New Bedford, and 

 others, have been vastly beneficial to our dairy stock. The bulls of this 

 breed can be traced wherever they liave been, by the good stock they have 

 left behind them. One of them was kcjit upon a secluded farm in Essex 

 County, and rendered it famous for its iine dairy cows. Another gave 

 superior character to the herd of one of our well-known farmers, and to all 

 the dairies in liis neighborhood. An imjwrted Ayrshire cow, not far from 

 us, has produced, through a variety of mixtures and pure, breeding, a little 

 herd of cows and heifers of the highest ■niformity of excellence. 



35. Poor Butter Cows. — The Veterinarian gives a remedy for this difficulty 

 witii cows that are well kept, and whose milk has been previously rich in 

 butter. It is to these that the remedy is principal!}' directed. The remedy 

 consists in giving the animal two ounces of the sulphuret of antimony, with 

 three ounces of coritmder seeds, powdered and well mixed. This is to be 

 given as a soft bolus, and followed by a draught composed of half a pint of 

 vinegar, a pint of water, and a haiulful of common salt, for three successive 

 mornings, on an empty stomach. 



Tiiis remedy, according to the author, rarely fails, and the milk produced 

 some days after its cxliibition is found to be richer in cream. The iirst 

 churning yields a larger quantity of butter, but the second and third are 

 still more satisfactory in their results. 



A letter from a farmer states that he had fourteen cows in full inilk, from 

 which he obtained very little butter, and that of a bad quality. Guided by 

 the statements of M. Deneubourg, which had appeared in the AnncdesVet- 



