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low and unable to rise, give the following cordial 

 drink, and repeat it if necessary : 



RECIPE No. 31. — Powdered grains of Paradise, half an ounce ; 

 ginger, powdered, half an ounce ; anisseed, powdered, carraway 

 do. and mustard do. 2 ounces of each ; salt of tartar, and oil of tur- 

 pentine, half an ounce of each ; molasses, half a pint ; and a glass 

 of brandy. Mix, and give it in a quart of warm gruel. 



The patient requires care and good nursing; the 

 stall to be well littered, and it is fiequeutly necessary 

 to cover them with a blanket, or some warm covering 

 when they are cold and sl-iivering. The udder should 

 be rubbed two or three times a day, for about half an 

 hour each time, with soft soap, or pipe-clay, and cold 

 spring water, which will assist in subduing the in- 

 flammation. The paps should also be drawn occa- 

 sionally, to encourage the flow of her milk ; and if 

 the mifk appear, it is a good sign. As they are fre- 

 quently unable to take nourishment sufficient to sup- 

 port themselves, it will be essential to assist them. — 

 For this purpose give the followhig 



GRUEL. — 'Make a stiff gruel, of an equal quantity of linseed 

 powdered, and oatmeal, boiled in water ; sweeten it with molasses 

 or sugar, a little salt, and give from 2 to 4 quarts tluxe or four- 

 times a day, warm. 



Prevention. — The best way to prevent this disease 

 is to take four or five quarts of blood from the be-^st, 

 about eight or ten days before her time of calving ; 

 let this be done at night, and keep her in a fold yard 

 till morning. The purging drink No. 29, should be 

 given before the animal is put to grass ; and this 

 treatment, together with proper food, and none hut 

 pure ivater will cool the body, and obviate the tenden- 

 cy to inflammation in the udder. 



MURRAIN, OR COMMON FEVER, 

 Murrain is a near approach to common fever, at- 

 tended with local inflammation. 



Symptoms, — A shivering, and trembling of the 

 limbs ; want of appetite ; cough or hoosing, some- 

 times accompanied with tears ; the mouth affected 

 with blisters, or white spots ; in a milch cow, the se- 

 cretion of milk is diminished. In a few days, the in- 

 flammation extends to the lungs ; the pulse quick ; 

 about sixty to a minute ; the muzzle dry ; the head, 

 horns, and breath hot ; the body and limbs cold. As 



