1 62 BRITISH DAIRYING. 



cure in no case that was taken in time. Pleuro was common 

 in County Tipperary when he went there to farm. His land- 

 lord had given up farming in disgust because of its ravages. For 

 a time at first his herd was free from it, but one day a heifer 

 was visibly attacked. 



This animal was separated from the rest only after a vast 

 deal of chasing and violent perspiration enough in itself to 

 seal her doom, as my friend supposed and she was at last 

 taken into a wood, tied to a tree, and left to her fate. Late in 

 the evening my friend went along that way, just to take, as it 

 were, a bird's-eye view of her, quite expecting to find her dead. 

 His astonishment, therefore, was something quite out of the 

 common to see her standing there apparently all right, all the 

 grass in a circle of the rope's length round the tree being eaten 

 up bare enough. The heifer was then removed to a loose-box, 

 dosed with medicine, fed judiciously, and in a day or two was 

 as if nothing had been the matter with her. 



This gave the clue to the cure, which, I have every reason to 

 believe, has been applied in many cases since, for even my 

 friend's neighbours used to bring their cows to him to be cured 

 until the disease disappeared from the district. I am, I regret 

 to say, unable to describe the cure in detail, but have confidence 

 in the bona-fide nature of my friend's assurances. 



Sore Teats are chiefly caused by milkers' long finger-nails. 

 Naturally they do not improve a cow's temper, and sometimes 

 she gives vent to her feelings by upsetting a pail of milk, and 

 occasionally the milker with it. Then she gets thrashed, and 

 her temper is permanently ruined. 



If cows' teats were cleaned whenever they need it, before 

 milking commenced, sore teats would seldomer occur; they 

 would hardly ever occur if milkers 1 finger-nails were kept short 

 and even, and hands were always clean. A little unsalted lard 

 worked well into the sores in the process of milking, will 

 usually effect a cure, and at the same time make the process 

 less painful to the cow. 



