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ABORTION, OR SLINKING OF THE CALF. 



The signs of this are as follows : the cow is uneasy, 

 and does not eat. By feeling of the lower part of her 

 horns, they will be found to be hot. She seems to have a 

 longing for something, and to act in a strange manner. 

 She should now be bled and physicked. Four to six 

 quarts of blood should be taken from her, and the follow- 

 ing purge given : 



Epsom salts, one pound. 



Powdered caraway seeds, half an once. 



Dissolved in a quart of warm gruel. . 



If this does not quiet her, repeat it in three or four days. 

 It is of the greatest importance that she should be kept in a 

 pasture or stable by herself. 



BLACK FOOT. 



This is a new disease in the western country. The 

 distinguished Governor Vance, of Ohio, says no remedy 

 has yet been discovered for it. It is very fatal, producing 

 death in a few hours. It is usually perceived in the fore- 

 leg or foot ; the animal becomes almost unable to move ; 

 the flesh of the leg turns black, and mortification sets in. 

 In the neighborhood of Plainfield, Illinois, one farmer 

 lost a fifth of his stock by this disease during the past year. 

 A correspondent of that excellent periodical, " THE PRAI- 

 RIE FARMER," published at Chicago, gives the following 

 remedy, which it may be well to try ; especially as the 

 disease will generally prove fatal, if left to itself. 



" Last May, (says the writer,) I had a valuable year- 

 ling heifer attacked by the following symptoms : when 

 found in the morning, she was lying down, broadside, 

 where she had apparently lain through the night, or 

 longer, and was nearly helpless. One shoulder was 

 considerably swollen, as far down as the knee-joint. 



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