694 Dn. CriASKS RECIPES. 



time, use 2 ounces each of hyposulphite of soda and tincture of ginger added 

 to a quart of cold water. But in extreme cases, make an opening with a pocket 

 knife, in lieu of a trochar, in the most prominent swelling or point on the left 

 flank, and insert any small tube— a funnel. A quill or pencil case might 

 answer." 



Remarks. — Saleratus used to be given to try to prevent the continued accu- 

 mulation of gas in these cases, but of late % ^"P ^^ freshly powdered charcoal 

 in a drench of water, is considered better treatment, as it aids the future diges- 

 tion, as well as the present difficulty. This may be repeated morning and even- 

 ing for a day or two, if the animal continues to show any signs of indigestion. 

 But the hyposulphite of soda and tincture of ginger, if on hand, is reliable; 

 even baking soda, double the quantity, will do well, with the tincture of ginger, 

 or even without, if none is by you; but there is not much time to wait. Do 

 quickly what is to be done. 



1. Hollow Horn, to Cure.— Alcohol, ^ pt.; camphor gum, 1 oz. 

 Directions— When the gum is dissolved, put half of it into one ear of the ani- 

 mal, and as soon as it has done snorting and blowing, put the other half into 

 the other ear. Once cures every time. 



Remarks. — This is from a Mr. Bradly, living 2 miles below Ann Arbor, 

 Mich. He said a druggist told him, at first, it would kill the cow. "It did 

 not," he continued, " but cured her," and he said he had tried it several times 

 with like success. 



2. Old Treatment of Hollow Horn.— The old treatment was to 

 bore into the horn with a gimlet and inject vinegar, pepper, salt and water; and 

 after this was injected into the horn, a couple of pieces of fat, salt pork, the 

 size of one's two forefingers, with a tea-spoonful of cayenne put in a slit in 

 each slice, was placed between the animal's grinders, and the head elevated 

 until it chewed and swallowed them; and next day repeat without the pepper 

 if dumpishness is still manifested. This would be good, too, for any animal 

 ■which is, as they say, "oflf its feed," or dull and heavy in appearance — ick, in 

 other words. Let one piece be chewed and swallowed before the other is intro- 

 duced. 



Scours and Diarrhoea in Cattle, Colts, etc., to Cure. — For scours 

 in cattle, change the food and water. Give first 1 qt. of lard oil, with laudanum, 

 2 ozs. After 3 to 4 hours, give powdered gum catechu, ginger, and gentian 

 root, each, 2 ozs., in flaxseed tea, 1 pt., to any animal over 2 years old; half this 

 to those under 2 years, and over 9 months, and one-fourth to one-third the 

 amount to younger stock; repeating the dose twice daily, and withholding it as 

 soon as the discharges diminish. Give nourishing food, and flaxseed tea to 

 drink. In chronic (long standing) diarrhoea, give, morning and evening, 1 dr. of 

 ammoniated sulphate of copper, dissolved in cold water, }^ pt. — Western Rural. 



ifema?-A;«.— While spending a couple of months at Eaton Rapids, Mich., I 

 became acquainted with a gentleman there, Mr. A. Button, quite a "family 

 doctor," by the way, who told me he once expected to lose a colt with Ihe 

 scours, as the veterinurians tailed to cure it; but some one told him to dissolve 



