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The calf- bed is to be raised, and the person who re- 

 places it should clinch his hand, or have a large sponge 

 in it, and press gradually in the middle part of the 

 womb, until it is retm-ned into its proper situation. He 

 must throw it forwards, as far as he can possibly 

 reach, and turn his hand round to feel that it is pro- 

 perly replaced, and hold it there for some time ; which 

 will stimulate the womb to contract, and prevent it, in 

 in a great measure, from falling down again. 



When the calf- bed is properly replaced, the follow- 

 ing strengthening drink may be given to the animal, 

 to assist her, and remove those violent after pains, to 

 which cattle in this state are particularly liable. 



RECIPE No. 3. 



Gentian, fresh powdered, 1 ounce ; 

 White ginger, ditto, 1 ounce ; 



Aniseeds, 'ditto, 2 ounces ; 



Solid opium, cut small, 1 dram ; 



Treacle, 4 table spoonsful. 



Pour a quart of hot ale upon the ingredients, in a pitcher ; and 

 give it to the cow when new- milk warm. 



This drink should be repeated once a day, or every 

 other day, for two or three times. Warm meshes, and 

 proper management, must strictly be attended to. 



ABORTION, OR SLIPPING OF THE CALF. 



Abortion, or slinking or slipping the calf, is a mis- 

 fortune to which cows are particularly subject, in the 

 early periods of gestation ; and occasions not only a 

 serious loss to the owner, but produces a weakness in 

 the cow herself, which is often injurious to her con- 

 stitution to the latest period of her existence. 



Some few of the causes to which slipping the calf 

 is generally attributable, have been already given ; we 

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