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a»d farriers. This being passed into the stomach, the 

 ^ confined air rushes out, and the animal is for the time 

 relieved. When shis useful instrument is not at hand 

 a very good substiiute may be made with three small 

 canes, each about six feet long. Bind them together 

 with small twine, firmly securing at one end, a ball of 

 wood, about a pigeon's egg in size. To introduce 

 this into the stomach, the animal's nose should be held 

 out in as straight a line as possible with the throat , 

 let an assistant hold it very firmly in this posture, and 

 at the same time let him grasp the partition of the 

 nostrils with the fingeis and thumb of his right hand; 

 the operator can then easily force the ball into the 

 stomach, and let out the confined air. 



Some farriers afford relief by plunging a sharp knife 

 into the distenied rumeu, on the left side, between the 

 last rib and the hip bone. As soon as the knife is 

 withdrawn, the air rushes out, and relief is afforded ; 

 the wound is then closed by a plaster of Burgundy 

 pitch or Peleg White's sticking salve. This is a bad 

 practice : a second attack becomes more difilcuU to 

 cure, as the wound adhetes to the side; and every 

 repetition increases the danger. 



The draught according to reciepe No. 3, may be 

 given with good effect; or the cordial driuk No. 13 or 

 14, may be administered ; the beasl should then be 

 turned into a bare pasture, where it must work well 

 for a belly full, and a cure will soon be complete. — 

 The following is an excellenfcordial drink to renovate 

 the digestive system : 



RECIPE No. 18. — Mix ale, one pint; ginger, powdered, a 

 Bpoon-ful. 



CHOKING. 



Neat cattle are very subject to being blasted or 

 hoven, from eating too greedily of artificial grasses, or 

 succulent roots — in the latter case, also, they are very 

 liable to have a piece of turnip or potatoe slick in the 

 throat. When this happens, which may easily be 

 known by the animars efforts to swallow the obstruct- 

 ing piece, it should be forced into the stomach — this 

 may be done by a moderate sized rope, about seven 

 feet long; by which means also any air coofiDed in 

 the lumeo will escape. 



