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by placing tlie animal in a comfortable, well lighted stall, 

 omitting drafts, feeding nourishing food, as warm wheat 

 bran mashes, steamed rolled oats or barley and linseed 

 meal ; tea to drink prepared as follows : Pour one quart 

 of ^boiling water on one-half pint of Pure Flaxseed, al- 

 lowing it to cool, and compel the animal to drink it. Re- 

 peat this once or twice daily, esj)ecially if the animal is 

 pregnant. A physic consisting of Aloin, two drams; 

 Ginger, two drams ; prepared in capsule and given with 

 a capsule gun is very effective, but this, however, should 

 not be administered to heavily pregnant cows. Endeavor 

 to move their bowels by careful feeding of laxative food 

 and rectal injections of soap and water. Nerve stimu- 

 lants are necessary and I have derived good results from 

 the following: Pulv. Nux Vomica, four ounces; Pulv. 

 Ginger, four ounces; Pulv. Gentian Eoot, four ounces. 

 Make into sixteen capsules and give one capsule every 

 four or six hours. Also apply powdered mustard, mois- 

 tened with a sufficient quantity of water to make a paste, 

 and rub over the full length of the spine about eight 

 inches in width. This should be covered with paper 

 which will adhere readily to the mustard and water. 

 This application can be repeated every twenty-four hours 

 until satisfactory results have been obtained. 



RED WATER 



(Hematuria) 



Cause: Marshy pastures, water from rich decom- 

 posed soil. Vegetation also has a tendency to produce 

 it as cattle eating green shoots from oak, ash, hellebore, 

 hazel and other resinous plants, etc. 



Symptoms: Bloody urine containing no blood clots. 

 This condition is not noticed as a general rule until the 

 cow loses flesh and the production of milk is considera- 

 bly decreased. One particular symptom of this disease 

 is the milk being exceptionally foamy and perhaps tinged 

 with blood. If the disease is left to run its course, the 

 Gow will become emaciated and eventually dies. 



