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salt, one pound of sulphur, and one pound of 

 pulverized hyposulphate of soda seems a good 

 preventive. If animals that are valuable become 

 affected they may be cured by thorough and 

 often repeated disinfection. The stable should 

 be thoroughly disinfected with 5 per cent, car- 

 bolic acid solution. Anyone who would try to 

 cure the trouble should do so under the advice of 

 some one who has had experience. 



On nearly all cattle ranges contagious abor- 

 tion is present and causes more or less loss. The 

 best range practice in dealing with this disease 

 seems to be to promptly and carefully bury or 

 burn the dead calf and tissues and isolate the 

 cow in a pasture or field kept for that purpose. 

 Send such cows to market as soon as in condition 

 or a shipment of other stock is made. One large 

 range man in the West says he has kept his loss 

 from abortion down to less than one per cent, 

 bv this method. 



