CHAP. XIX.] FARMING FOR LADIES. 377 



" Take an ounce of yellow wax, and three of lard ; melt 

 them together, and when they begin to get cool, well rub 

 in a quarter of an ounce of sugar of lead and a drachm of 

 alum, finely powdered."* 



Although the diseases to ichich the cow is 

 constitutionally subject are but few, yet a dis- 

 sertation upon them would lead too far for 

 this little treatise, nor would our fair readers 

 feel interested in its details ; but we should 

 be indiscreet were we not to caution them 

 against any inattention to the very common 

 occurrence of " a cold," as being the foun- 

 dation of almost all chronic disorders, and 

 if not speedily heeded with watchful care, 

 may eventually become a confirmed catarrh, 

 or, as country people term it, "the hoose," 

 which frequently runs on to a fatal malady. 

 So soon, therefore, as the cow is observed 

 to cough frequently, and continue to do so 

 for a day or two, no time should be lost in 

 adopting measures for her recovery ; and if 

 this be promptly done, no further danger 

 need be apprehended. 



If she be kept abroad, a few nights' housing, 

 with warm mashes and a little gruel, will 



* Youatt ' On Cattle,' p. 552. 



