150 EVERY MAN HIS OWN FARRIER 



INFLAMMATORY FEVER, OR GENERAL IN- 

 FLAMMATION ; CALLED ALSO QUARTER 

 EVIL, BLACK QUARTER, OR SPUD. 



This disease frequently happens to young cattle, 

 generally between the first and third year, most com- 

 monly about the second year of their age. It appears 

 to be occasioned by feeding them too hastily ; by put- 

 ting them, when in a lean state, into rich succulent 

 pasture. 



The animal when seized with this complaint, be- 

 comes suddenly listless and stupid ; he hangs down his 

 head, refuses his food, and appears to move with diffi- 

 culty. Swellings soon appear in diiferent parts of the 

 body, which, when pressed by the finger, make a 

 crackling noise. Sometimes the joints are particularly 

 affected ; at others, the swelling appears on the back, 

 shoulder or belly. 



The disease attacks rather suddenly, and oflen 

 proves fatal, particularly when proper remedies are 

 not speedily employed. Bleeding is the first remedy, 

 and must be proportioned to the age and strength of 

 the animal ; perhaps from three to four quarts will 

 generally be found sufficient. The blood should al- 

 ways be measured. The following purgative should 

 then be given. 



This dose will generally be found sufficient for an 

 animal of two year's old. Should the disease occur 



