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Prepared chalk, two drachms. 



Powdered opium, ten grains. 



Do. ginger, half a drachm. 



Essence of peppermint, five drops. 



In half a pint of gruel, twice a day. The above is a 

 dose for a calf under two months old. 



An old New-England farmer gives the following re- 

 cipe : 



" Put into a suitable bottle about half a pint of good 

 cider. Then open a vein in the neck of the calf, and let 

 into the bottle about the same quantity of blood. Shake 

 it well together, and before it has time to thicken, put it 

 down the calf's throat, which is easily done with the bot- 

 tle. In thirty years use of it, I have never known it to 

 fail in effecting a cure, by once giving it, except in one 

 instance, and then a second dose proved effectual." 



COSTIVENESS. When it occurs in calves but a few 

 days old, the cure will be almost impossible. Epsom 

 salts, dissolved in warm water, are recommended. The 

 first dose may consist of two ounces of salts, in two or 

 three quarts of water ; to be continued in ounce doses 

 every six hours, in same quantity of water. If the calf 

 is two or three months old, the first dose should be a quar- 

 ter of a pound of salts in a gallon of warm water. Cos- 

 tiveness is exceedingly difficult of cure ; and the farmer 

 should be very careful to prevent it. Whenever the dung 

 is perceived to be a little too hard, a mild purge should be 

 given. 



THE HOOSE. This is a bad disease in calves, speedily 

 resulting in death. As soon as the calf is observed to 

 cough considerably, he should be put into a dry, warm 

 stable. A light bleeding, and a small dose of physio 

 will now be good, and probably cure the patient. Some- 

 times this disease is prevalent in certain neighborhoods, 

 and carries off many calves. 



