ARID AGRICULTURE. 



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SEWING UP 

 WOUNDS 



Creoline, one teaspoonful to a pint of boiled 

 water. The same for Zenoleum. 



Corrosive sublimate tablets may be obtained 

 at any drug store and used in water according to 

 directions on the bottle. 



As a dressing for a wound that is not fresh, 

 peroxide of hydrogen in full strength, or diluted 

 one-half with water is especially good. Com- 

 mon air-slaked lime, boracic acid and iodoform 

 are valuable remedies. In fly time use some sub- 

 stance like chloronaptholeum to keep them away. 



A ragged barbed wire cut on the muscles or 

 tendons of the legs is seldom sewed up with any 

 benefit. The muscles tear out the stitches and 

 in two or three days the wound is gaping open. 

 Neither can a bandage be applied with any bene- 

 fit. 



Wounds in the fleshy part of the body should 

 always be carefully sewed up, being sure to leave 

 an opening at the lowest part of the wound to 

 insure good drainage. In case of emergency, in 

 the absence of a surgeon's needle and silk, a 

 wound may be temporarily brought together 

 with heavy cotton thread and a heavy sewing 

 needle secured from the housewife. 



FISTULA 

 AND POLL 

 EVIL 



Fistula and the poll-evil are the same thing, 

 only in different places on the animal. The 

 treatment of this condition should always be left 

 to a qualified veterinarian if possible. The poll- 



