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with her hind end raised three or four inches higher than her front 

 end. In two or three days after the pains are gone take the 

 stitches out and allow her to stand on the level floor again. If it 

 is a mare give one pint of raw linseed oil instead of the Epsom 

 salts, but the rest of the treatment is the same. In both cases re- 

 move the stitches in two or three days, when the animal quits 

 straining and seems all right. 



HOW TO TAKE AWAY THE CLEANING FROM A COW. 



C^USe. — Is from a congested and swollen state of the buttons 

 to which the cleaning is attached to the womb inside. 



Treatment. — As soon as the cow is noticed not to clean give 

 the following drench : 



Epsom Salts 1 pound. 



Fluid Extract of Belladonna 1 dram, or 1 teaspoonful. 



Sweet Spirits of Nitre 1 ounce, or 4 tablespoonfuls. 



Mix In a quart of luke warm water and give as a drench. 

 Blanket well and keep half a pail of hot salt in a bag to her back ; 

 give her a hot bran mash and leave her quiet, and when the medi- 

 cine operates she will generally clean all right, in thirty hours after 

 you have given her the medicine, if she has not cleaned you will 

 have to take it away with your hand. Roll up your sleeves and 

 oil your right hand and arm, then take hold of the piece of clean- 

 ing that is outside with your left hand and pass your right hand 

 into the womb, and by gently pulling the cleaning it will come 

 away quite easy after getting the medicine, it being held in only 

 by the neck of the womb being tightened on it, not allowing it to 

 slip out. In cases where the cleaning has not loosened off of the 

 buttons, keep gradually pulling with the left hand and loosen the 

 cleaning with the right hand off the buttons until it is all worked off. 

 A little practice in removing cleanings soon makes a person perfect 

 at it. When the cleaning is green and too tight on the buttons 

 allow it to remain in another day and give her another drench of 

 the same kind as the first one mentioned, which will make it all 

 right for taking away. Cleaning should never be taken away 

 without first giving the medicine to loosen it from the buttons. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE WOMB (METRITIS). 



This disease generally comes on two or three days after 

 calving. 



Causes. — From getting wet, standing in a draft or anything 

 that will give her a sudden chill, will bring it on. 



