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duce the desired evacuation from the bowels of the 

 calf, recourse must be had to medicine ; the following 

 will be suitable for this purpose : 



RECIPE No. 7. 



Castor oil, 1 ounce ; 



Prepared kali, ^ a dram ; 



Ginger in powder, 1 tea spoonful. 



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



This drink may be repeated the next day, if the 

 bowels are not sufficiently open. 



The diet and treatment of cows, at the time of calv- 

 ing, must be regulated according to the season of the 

 year. It is, however, considered of consequence to 

 the dairy, that cows should not drop their young too 

 early in the season ; as when that happens, they fall 

 off their milk in the autumn, when from its superior 

 richness, it is more valuable than at any other time. 

 From the end of March to the end of April is con- 

 sidered the best time in the northern districts ; as the 

 cow soon gets into condition upon the early grass, and 

 yields a greater quantity of milk in the course of the 

 season than those that calve either much earlier or 

 later; but in the southern parts, the advantage is 

 found in calving much earlier. But as nature will not 

 always be confined by any rule which man can lay 

 down, he must act accordingly. 



If It be in winter, or early in the spring, they should 

 be housed as soon as possible; for new-born calves 

 are particulurly fearful of cold, and must be guarded 

 from its intensity ; not to the degree of confining them 

 in close, hot stables, and injuring them by the reverse 

 of too much heat. Warm water, and meshes of 



