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may be saved, and the udder restored to normal action, by 

 careful and persevering attention to directions. 



Mawbound. This is aggravated indigestion, and the cow 

 becomes listless, loses her appetite, and ceases to ruminate ; 

 then the extremities become cold, the pulse feeble, and the 

 breathing laborious, a grunt or groan following each expiration. 

 Left alone, the cow will necessarily grow worse and die, but a 

 red drink in gruel, with a pound of treacle, will, as a rule, set 

 her right in a few hours' time; and if it does not, the dose should 

 be repeated and the cow kept fairly warm. 



Hoven. Like mawbound, this is a distension of the rumen, 

 but it is gas from dewy or frosted clover or grass, wet roots, 

 raw grain especially wheat which causes this distension, 

 whereas in mawbound it is caused by an accumulation of undi- 

 gested food. Greedy feeding on these kinds of food induces 

 abnormal fermentation, the gas evolved distends the rumen, the 

 peristaltic action of the stomach ceases, digestion is checked, 

 and the animal is in a state of distress. There is always a 

 danger of rupture, and even of death, from pressure on the 

 heart and lungs, if the case is neglected. 



Ten drops of spirit of ammonia, in water, is said to be a 

 capital remedy. But in any case one of Day's Black Drinks in 

 water will almost certainly give relief, and the sooner it is given 

 the better for the cow. If this should fail, an opening into the 

 rumen from the outside should be made with a trocar, and the 

 gas be allowed to escape. This is a surgical operation, and 

 should be performed by a man who understands it. 



Foul and Thorough-pin. These are usually caused by 

 grit in the clefts of the hoof, inducing irritation. There are 

 two kinds of foul smelling and swelling foul, the latter fre- 

 quently developing into a thorough-pin. The former may be 

 cured by cleaning out the cleft thoroughly, and applying a paste 

 made of unsalted lard and blue vitriol in powder. The latter 

 needs a good deal of poulticing to reduce the swelling, and an 

 application of foot-rot oils, which will also cure smelling foul. 



Swelling foul is accompanied with a good deal of pain and 

 heat in the affected part, particularly when a thorough-pin is 



