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FARMERS' REGISTER 



[No. 10 



taken that no cold milk he given the animal for 

 the firsi six weeks. And, in order to counteract 

 or reduce the dit^order, it will he advisable to turn 

 them out every day tor a iiew hour.^, as soon as 

 possible after they are calved, in order that they 

 may enjoy the beiiefi! of full and free exercise in 

 the open air ; bur where the weather or other cir- 

 cumstances may not allow this always to be done, 

 (and especially as confinement is necessary to 

 their speedy fattenin!]f,) the most effectual preven- 

 tive will be frequently to take a little blood fi^om 

 them. 



Cough. — Where calves areexpos'^d at too early 

 an -Ase. to all the vicissitudes of ihe weather, be- 

 fore they ac(iuire suffiiMent sfrenwlh to undergo the 

 changes of this climate, they are liable to take 

 frequent cokis ; the consequence of which is a 

 cough, that ofien proves iatal if it be neglected. 

 For curiiiiT this maladv, it has been recommended 

 to pour half a table spoonlijl ol'spirit of turpentine 

 into the calf's nostrils, which must be held up- 

 wards, in order tliat the turpentine may flow into 

 the throat: at the same time the nose should be 

 smeared with tar, and the animal kept within 

 doors or a \h\v hours, repealing this treatment as 

 often as the couirh is troublesome. 



3. The Gut-tie. chietly prevails in the county 

 of Hereford, where it is considered as the effect of 

 .en erroneous method of castration, Vvhich causes 

 ^a stoppage in the bowels, and brings on a morti- 

 fication that speedily proves fatal. The symp- 

 'toms are a total stoppage in the bowels, except a 

 >copious discharge of biood and mucus, accom- 

 panied by a violent fever, which occasions the 

 •calf to kick at its belly, lie down and uroan. The 

 gut-lie mostly afi'ects calves, thoiish they may 

 live to be full aged, and yet be liable to a sudden 

 attack of this distemper. The manner in which a 

 (Cure is effected in the county above mentioned, is, 

 to make a perpendicular incision lour inches under 

 the third vertebrae of the loins, over the paunch, 

 or stomach, and to introduce the arm, in order to 

 discover the part affected, the beast being kept, if 

 possible, in an erect positioti by the help of pro- 

 per assistance. The tbilowiiig draught is given, 

 ■in order lo remove the stoppage of the stomach 

 •occasioned by the gat-lie, and to carry off the fe- 

 ver : 



Senna, 



Cream of tartar, 



Glauber's salts. 



1 ounce. 



2 oiuices. 

 4 ounces. 



Infused in two pints of boihng water, with the 

 addition of half a pound, or [)int of salad oil, the 

 whole beinir worked ofi'vvith gruel, in which mal- 

 lows and alder bark have been infused. 



On the Diseases of Horses. 



Of all domestie animals, the horse is, perhaps, 

 more liable to disease than any other ; and this is 

 not to be wondered at, wnen we consider the toil 

 he is frequently forced to undergo, the brutality 

 with which he is often treated, the tender age at 

 which he is very generally compelled to work, and 

 the improper treatment he commonly meets with 

 from those even who are most desirous of using 

 him well, and who, in most instancee, err through 

 ignorance. 



As in all cases of disease, we should recommend 

 early application to be made to a skilful vetermary 

 Burgeon, it is not our intention to go into any very 



lengthened detail of the maladies of horses gene- 

 rally, but merely lo give a summary account o' 

 the symptoms and treatment of the most common ' 

 diseases to which these useful animals are subject, 

 in order that the fiirmer may, on any sudden 

 emergence, be enabled to detect the nature of the 

 complaint vvhich he has to contend with, and to 

 a<lminia'er those medicines most conducive to its 

 removiil. 



Butts are short, thick, reddish worms, surroun- 

 ded by small prickles, and are armed with two 

 honks or claws, by means of which they attach 

 themselves firmly to the horse's stomach, where 

 they frequently exist in such quantities as to cause 

 many serious diseases, not only of the viscus in 

 which they are lodged, but also of the brain and 

 nervous system with which the stomach is well 

 known to sympathise. 



These worms may occasionally be found stick- 

 ing about the fiindament, generally towards the 

 close of autumn, or when a horse is fiist taken up 

 from grass. Common oil, given fasting in doses 

 of fi'om half a pint to a pint, has been known to 

 succeed in destroyiiiir these insects ; but as good a 

 method of getting rid of them as any, is to keep 

 the horse fastincr during the niijht, and in the 

 morning to give him about a pint of warm milk, 

 sweetened with honey ; and, five or ten minutes 

 after, a drench composed of one quart of warm 

 water or thin gruel, and four or five ounces of com- 

 mon salt. 



Several other species of worms exist in the bow- 

 els of the horse, and are not unfrequently met 

 with even in the large blood-vessels. The most 

 efficacious mode of destroying them, is lo sive one 

 or two drachms of calomel at niiiht; to keep the 

 horse faetin<r. and in the morning lo administer 

 the followin£r hall : 



Barbadoes aloes, 



Ginger, ... 



Oil of Carraways, 



Castile soap, 



Syrup enough to form the ball. 



5 drachms. 

 1| drachms. 

 15 or 20 drops. 

 3 drachms. 



Or a drench made by dissolving four or five 

 ounces of common salt in a quart of thin ffruel, 

 and three or four ounces of olive oil. Previous to 

 physicking a horse, he should be kept on warm 

 bran mashes for a couple of days ; and care must 

 be taken, after giving the medicine, that he be not 

 exposed to cold or wet, or allowed to drink cold 

 water. A run at grass is perhaps the best remedy 

 for worms; and where this cannot be had, soiling 

 on green food will be found beneficial. Oil of tur- 

 pentine in doses of three or four ounces in a pint 

 of gruel, is a very efficacious remedy for worms. 

 Colic is generally produced by an overloaded 

 stomach ; which, impairing the digestive process, 

 causes a great quantity of air to be formed, which 

 distends the stomach and intestines, and produces 

 those symptoms hereafter to be noticed. It is also 

 frequently induced by allowing a horse to drink 

 cold water or hard well water, or by feeding him 

 on new oats or hay. As this disease, ('which is 

 generally termed flatulent or spasmodic colic, 

 gripes, fret, or gullion,) unless relieved, is liable to 

 terminate in inflammation of the intestines, it may 

 perhaps always be proper to bleed to the extent of 

 two or three quarts ; to unload the bowels as much 

 as possible by hand-raking ; and to administer a 

 clyster made of half a pound or more of common 



