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RECIPE No. 47. — Ointment of elder, and yellow bastlicRn oint- 

 ment, 4 ounces each; and spirits of turpentine, 1 ounce. Mix well 

 together. 



With this ointment you may rub the teats well eve- 

 ry night and morning, after milking. If in the sum- 

 mer, and the flies are troublesome, add one ounce of 

 nssafcEtida, or aloes in powders, and dissolve it along 

 with the ointment. 



If the teats be tender only, and not sore, a little 

 gentle rubbing with weak salt and water will in gene- 

 eral, be sufficient. 



LICE IN CATTLE, 

 Are troublesone, and in their effects cause the ani- 

 mal to be poor in flesh and appearance. One or two 

 washings with the following lotion, applied with a 

 sponge, at an interval of five or six days, will gener- 

 ally remove these troublesome visitors. 



RECIPE No. 48* — Stavesacre, 4 ounces; tobacco, cut small, 1 

 otince ; urine, 2 quarts. Boil it till reduced one-third, and it is fie 

 to use when cold. 



If this do not effectually succeed, dust on the ani- 

 mal some Scotch snuff*, and when a cure is effected, 

 give it a good rubbing with a whip of straw. 



THE HOVEN 



in Cattle, [says the Albany Cultivator, edited by Jesse 

 Buel, Esq. J is caused by their eating too abundantly 

 of green succulent food, as clover, turnips, &c., and 

 under bad management, often proves fatal. A pint 

 of weak lye has been found to give relief. TheNor- 

 folk practice, according to Marshall, is to give a beast 

 salt and water ; and, if this fails, a horn of salt and 

 grease, warm. 



The annals of Agriculture directs, as a specific 

 cure, even in ihe most desperate cases, the following 

 dose : — Three quarters of a pint of olive oil, and one 

 pint of melted butter or hog's lard, to be administered 

 by means of a horn or bottle. As a preventive, cattle 

 should not be turned into rank clover while the dew is 

 upon it, nor suffered to continue more than an hour or 

 two in it al a time, when uncropped. For further in- 

 formation, the reader is referred to a preceding page, 

 under the head of ** Hoveq or Blowot" 



