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ARID AGRICULTURE. 



MILK FEVER 



CONTAGIOUS 

 ABORTION 



a pound or two of glaiiber salts as a drench. 

 The veterinary doctor also injects eserine to pro- 

 duce action of the bowels, and where they get to 

 a case in time they are pretty sure to save the 

 animal. 



Dairy cows often have milk fever soon after 

 calving. They usually get down and so sick 

 they are unconscious before the disease is dis- 

 covered. A remedy has been found which is so 

 simple and sure that it is no less than marvelous. 

 This remedy is to milk out the udder and then 

 force air into the teats until the udder is blown 

 up like a balloon. This may be done with a 

 bicycle pump and any small tube that can be 

 pushed into the teat opening. A cow that is 

 apparently dead when given this treatment w r ill 

 usually revive and be on her feet in an hour after 

 it is done. The after-treatment consists of care- 

 ful feeding with bran mashes and often some 

 stimulant like four ounces of whiskey or two 

 ounces of Jamaica ginger is given every four 

 hours, for a day or two. 



Contagious abortion causes much loss with 



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cattle. It is transmitted from one cow to an- 

 other or by infected bulls, and the surest remedy 

 is to get rid of infected animals by sending them 

 to slaughter. Mayo says that salting pregnant 

 cows two or three times a week with a small 

 handful of a mixture of ten pounds of common 



