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nips ; but when calved, the customary food 

 should be again resorted to, after the beest- 

 ings have been drawn off. 



If the cows be very flush of milk just before 

 calving, there is danger of their being attacked 

 with milk-fever^ which sometimes occasions 

 them to fall after parturition as if they had lost 

 the use of their limbs; in some cases within 

 a few hours, and in others, some days after. 

 When this happens, surgical assistance should 

 be called for ; but, should this not be at hand, 

 profuse bleeding and purging should be re- 

 sorted to. 



It should be observed, that cows in high 

 condition are more subject to this accident 

 than those which are in a lean state ; and that 

 when once it occurs, the animal appears to 

 acquire a constitutional tendency to its repe- 

 tition after future calving. To guard against 

 its recurrence, we therefore recommend her 

 being sold immediately after recovery, or, at 

 the latest, before dropping another calf. 



The udder should also be looked to, for 

 sore teats are very common after calving ; 

 and if gentle friction, with warm water, does 

 not relieve the complaint, the teats should 

 be dressed with the foiiowing ointment : — 



