166 do:mestic animals. 



The Yellows, or Jaundice. — This is easily distinguishable. "White cattle 

 are pecuhat'Iy subject to it, and it makes its firt appearance by a yel- 

 lowness of the eyes and under the anus ; the bowels become costive, the 

 teeth loose, the appetite gone, and rapid weakness sets in. Give 4 oz. 

 common salt, half oz. Barbadoes aloes, 1 dr. ginger, 1 quart home-brewed 

 ale, made into gruel. 



Loss of Cud. — AH ruminating animals are sometimes subject to this. 

 The stomach, with a sort of convulsive action, throws the half masti- 

 cated food back into the mouth to be rechewed, and sometimes this 

 healthy contractile tone of the stomach is lost. Give — 6 dr. Barbadoes ', 

 aloes, 6 oz. common salt, 3 dr. ginger, 1 oz. alspice, in a quart of gruel. 



Ill!laillIlliltioil. — This is a disease known by coldness of the horns and 

 extremities, generally accompanied by much acute and constant pain. 

 All home attempts to cure this disorder will be impotent; a veterinary 

 surgeon should be at once consulted. The same may be said oi staggers^ 

 strangury, and a variety of acute disorders. 



Pleuro-PlieiiniOIlia is only mentioned to say that nothing like a specific 

 has, so far, been discovered. The fearful medicine of a gill of spirits of 

 turpentine and a gill of spirits of sweet nitre seems to be the most 

 successful but desperate remedy. If the animal is fat, there is scarcely 

 a chance of recovery. If the animal is lean, remedial measures may be 

 tried, but they are more likely to fail than be successful. 



The Epidemic, or Sore Mouth and Feel, — for so a disease which affects 



the mouth wMth blisters and the feet with pain and inflammation, is best 

 known, has lost much of the virulence it possessed from 1839 to 1844, 

 but still is sometimes troublesome. A dose of Glauber or Epsom salts, 

 in the first stage, with shelter and bran mashes, will generally prevent 

 evil consequenc ;s. Should the foot break out, the same treatment will 

 be useful that w^e advised in the foul of the foot. 



Diseast'S of Calves. — If well managed, cakes are subject to few diseases; 

 and if starved, neglected, or ill managed, they will be scarcely kept 

 alive by medicine. The most fatal disease is the scour or dlarrhcea. As 

 it usually proceeds from some foreign, often acrid matter, in the bowels, 

 a tablespoonful of sulphur in the milk will generally remove it in due 

 time. If it should continue after this, give a teaspoonful of laudanum 

 and a tablespoonful of tincture of rhubarb. We once had a calf nearly 

 dead of diarrhoea ; medicine seemed to have no impression upon the 

 obstinate attack. It was dying. We gave it a bottle of port wine, ex- 

 pecting it would be dead in the morning. In the morning, however, it 

 was well and crying for its breakfast. A pint of good old port will 

 often work wonders when all other remedies have failed, both in man 

 and beast. 



Cosliveness is sometimes a disease in calves, as well as the opposite 

 extreme. Here it is undesirable to give medicine, unless it be very 

 severe. A handful of onions, boiled with an ounce of fat bacon, is by 

 far the best remedy, and it never does injury, but is nutritious to the 

 animal even if well. 



GripfS is a complaint to which young calves are subject, which have 

 had sour milk given to them ; and there is often acute pain exhibited, 

 kicking of the belly with the hind legs, pawing, etc. A cure is gener- 



