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mg the udder with filthy ointments ; it is quite sufficient 

 to bathe and syringe with warm water two or three 

 times a day, which will prevent the accumulation of 

 matter ; and if the healing process goes on languidly, 

 a mixture of spirit and water, or a solution of white 

 vitriol may be injected. 



Cows that are near calving should be attended to 

 with reference to their complaint ; and if it is observed 

 to be coming on, they should be bled, and milked. 

 They should be kept in a bare pasture, or put into a 

 cow house and be allowed but little hay, and a little 

 of the liniment above mentioned, or some other emol- 

 lient ointment made use of to soften the udder. 



What by some is called the Snarled Bag, or Swelled 

 Udder, requires no other treatment than rubbing the 

 part with elder ointment, and as the complaint is merely 

 temporary, from the extension of the milk vessels, and 

 is, in fact, a proof of a good milker, it will soon yield 

 to this application. 



WOUNDS OF CATTLE. 



The wounds of cattle are most commonly caused 

 by goring each other with their horns, or by breaking 

 over fences ; and, when deep or extensive, are gener- 

 ally followed with considerable inflammation. The 

 treatment of these wounds, though represented by far- 

 riers as an intricate and mysterious branch of the art, 

 is, in fact, extremely simple. When the wound is 

 considerable, and some important parts have been in- 

 jured, the irritating treatment commonly adopted by 

 farriers, often destroys the animal ; and in slighter 

 wounds, their stimulating applications rather tend to 

 retard, than promote recovery. In deep and extensive 

 wounds, atfecting important parts, every method must 



