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RH equal quantity of water. This toast should consist of 

 four pints of wine and water, and about a pound and a 

 half of bread toasted. 



Inflamed teats should be washed with two drachms of 

 sugar of lead in a quart of water. Should tumors appear, 

 apply a common warm mash of bran, with a little lard. 



To prevent cows from sucking their own milk, it is 

 said that rubbing the teats frequently with the most fetid 

 cheese that can be procured, is an effectual remedy 



In order that it may be ascertained what is the proper 

 time for cows to go dry previous to their calving, an ac- 

 count should be kept of the time when each cow is put to 

 bull, so that the cow may be dried off in due season. The 

 following prescription for drying offcowsis given in Monk's 

 " Agricultural Dictionary." 



Take an ounce of powdered alum ; boil it in two 

 quarts of milk till it turns to whey : then take a large 

 handful of sage, and boil it in the whey till you reduce it 

 to one quart ; rub her udder with a little of it, and give 

 her the rest by way of drink ; milk her clean before you 

 give it to her, and as you see need, repeat it. Draw a 

 little milk from her every second or third day, lest her ud- 

 der be overcharged. 



WEANING AND REARING CALVES. 



Mowbray says, " The calf may be sold (or taken 

 from the cow) as soon as it has drawn the biestings or 

 first milk, unless some defect in the cow's udder or teats 

 may render it desirable for the calf to suck a few 

 days, in order that the action may clear off any obstruc- 

 tions, for which the butting of the calPs head is generally 

 the best remedy. If intended to be fattened for the butcher, 

 it must be kept in a pen particularly dry and clean ; 

 suckled twice a day at regular hours; always have the 



