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ularly at night, anct kept in a sheltered place; it should 

 then be bh^d gently, and have adaiinisteied the purg- 

 incr drink, recipe No. 3. If not successful in this 

 treatment, set a seaton in the dewlap, and keep its bow- 

 els gently open, and give it but httie solid food, and 

 that of the best and easiest digested. The following 

 drink may assist in the cuie : 



RECIPE No. 17. — Nitre, 2 ounces; salt of steel; 1 oz; glau- 

 ber salts, 4 ounces ; ^injer and anissceds, powdered, each one oz.; 

 molasses, 1 pint. Mix in a quart of boiling' water. Give it blood- 

 warm, and repeat the same every third day. 



DISEASES CAUSED BY OVER-FEEDING. 



In the diseases we are about to describe, the pre- 

 disposiii<i cause is not always af)parent ; on the con- 

 trary, they generally have their origin, developement 

 and lerminiiiioD in sudden causes, as tuo freely indulg. 

 ing in rich nutricious food, or over-eating after a pre- 

 vious comparative abstmence. Neat cattle are most 

 subject to these disorders in spring or autumn j the 

 fresh spriiigintij grasses, and especially clover, tempt 

 them to feed more greedily than usual ; and, their di- 

 gestive ficuhies enfeebled by their winter feed, or oth- 

 er cause, uje incapalle of the extra exertion required 

 of them. In such cases the system becomes oppress- 

 ed, and its action paralized ; the effects are not al- 

 ways the same, but vary accordnig to the nature of the 

 disorder. Of these, the most common is, Hoven, 

 Blown, or Bla.-^ted. There is in that part of the ru- 

 men which joins the second stomach, a kind of valve, 

 which during the masiicalion of the food, prevents the 

 escape of air. Iti this coaiplaint, the animal's stom- 

 ach being filled by an unusual quantity of food, be- 

 cotnes distended beyond its capacity ; the tood then 

 ferments, air is evolved, llie who e body becomes 

 swollen, rumination is completely put a stop to, and a 

 considerable pain is produced. 



^ymptojjis. — The beast swells, and a difficulty of 

 breathmg is produced, with much apparent uneasi- 

 ness : if relief be not quickly afforded, the symptoms 

 increase, the animal becomes unable to stand, and 

 generally dies from suffocation. 



Remedy. — The best cure is the probang, a flexible 

 instrument for this purpose, and often sold by saddler* 



