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ents ,* scraping out the wound, and applying spirits of 

 turpentine; in short all remedies of torture, should 

 be at once discarded, and a sinrjple mode of ascertain- 

 ing the cause, and then removing the evil in the most 

 expeditious and humane manner be substituted. , 



No inconvenience is known to occur from keeping 

 an ox at work, if the lameness is not so great as to 

 impair his condition ; and it generally yields to three 

 or four applications in the foot where it began ; but 

 frequently it must be followed round all the feet in 

 succession. 



We have been the more particular in our description 

 of this disorder, and the remedies recommended on 

 account of its alleged frequency in the United States. 

 If the simple and cheap remedies recommended by 

 Dr. Skellett, viz., soft soap, common turpentine, tar, 

 and spirits of turpentine will answer the purpose, 

 attributed to them by that writer, the discovery will be 

 highly valuable. 



ON THE MANAGEMENT OF COWS, WHEN 

 THEY ARE NEAR THE TIME OF CALV- 

 ING. 



The diseases, which most commonly occur at this 

 time, are strangury, or difficulty in voiding urine, and 

 costiveness ; and these it may be highly necessary to 

 attend to, as they may, if neglected, be the cause of 

 the cow slipping her calf. When strangury is accom- 

 panied with costiveness, which is generally the ^2ase, 

 and is often the cause of the complaints, the bowels 

 must be opened by a laxative composed of a pound 

 of epsom salts dissolved in a quart of gruel, a clyster 

 should also be given, consisting of two quarts of warm 

 water, and four ounces of linseed oil. This may be 



