47G HANDY-BOOK OP HUSBANDRY. 



" of bran, warmth to the body, and pure air, are great essentials in 

 "the treatment of this disease. 



" The barbarous practices of boring the horns, cutting the tail, 

 "and others equally absurd, should at once and forever be dis- 

 *' carded by every farmer and dairyman. Alternate heat or cold- 

 " ness of the horn is only a symptom of this and other fevers, and 

 *'has nothing to do with their cause. The horns are not diseased 

 "any further than a determination of blood to the head causes 

 " a sympathetic heat, while an unnatural distribution of blood, 

 *' from exposure or other cause, may make them cold. 



" In all cases of this kind, if any thing is done, it should be an 

 " effort to assist nature to regulate the animal system, by rousing 

 " the digestive organs to their natural action, by a light food, or, 

 " if necessary, a mild purgative medicine, followed by light stimu- 

 " lants. 



" The principal purgative medicines in use for neat cattle are 

 " Epsom salts, linseed oil, and sulphur. A pound of salts will 

 " ordinarily be sufficient to purge a full-grown cow. 



"A slight purgative drink is often very useful for cows soon 

 '^' after calving, particularly if feverish, and in cases of over-feed- 

 " ing, when the animal will often appear dull and feverish ; but 

 *' when the surfeiting is attended by loss of appetite, it can gen- 

 " erally be cured by withholding food at first, and then feeding 

 " but slightly till the system is renovated by dieting." 



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" The Hoove, or Hove, is brought on by a derangement of 

 *' the digestive organs, occasioned by over-feeding on green and 

 " luxuriant clover, or other luxuriant food. It is simply the dis- 

 " tention of the first stomach by carbonic acid gas. In later stages, 

 " after fermentation of the contents of the stomach has com- 

 " menced, hydrogen gas is also found. The green food being 

 " gathered very greedily after the animal has been kept on dry and 

 " perhaps unpalatable hay, is not sent forward so rapidly as it is 

 " received, and remains to overload and clog the stomach, till this 

 " organ ceases or loses the power to act upon it. Here it becomes 

 " moist and heated, begins to ferment, and produces a gas which 



