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pair of scissors, and clip it off a little below the tied 

 part. Be careful not to tie the thread so tightly, that 

 it cut the naval string, or it will cause an effusion of 

 blood which may prove difficult to stop, and perhaps 

 endanger the life of the young animal. If the ani- 

 mal's strength appear exhausted, the following restora- 

 tive drink will be found servicable : 



RECIPE No. 2. 



Peruvian bark in powder, 2 drams ; 



Ginger, fresh powdered, 2 drams ; 



Mix, and give it in half a pint of new milk. 



THE FALLING DOWN OF THE CALF-BED. 



This is a complaint, or rather an accident, of fre- 

 quent occurrence among cows, at the time of calving, 

 and consists in the calf-bed being turned inside out, and 

 falling down. It frequently proceeds from the force 

 employed in extracting the calf in laborious parturi- 

 tion and drawing away the cleansing immediately 

 afterwards, before the womb has had time to contract, 

 or lessen itself. 



In these cases it will be proper to support the calf 

 when just out of the shape, and then tie the naval 

 string a few inches from the naval, with a little thick 

 twine, and to let the cleansing be subsequently expelled 

 by the throes of the beast. 



We would advise the adoption of this plan \fi labo- 

 rious parturition, where no manual force has been 

 used. For when a cow has once had this complaint, 

 she is always liable, at any future period, either to 

 slip her calf, or to a recurrence of the accident. 



Cows that rise considerably on the small of the 



