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probably set all right : but if, on examination, 

 she be found to fall off in her feeding ; that 

 her muzzle is dry ; that the root of her horn is 

 hot ; and that she heaves at the flank ; she 

 should be bled, and have a dose of a few ounces 

 (according to her size) of Epsom salts, with 

 half an ounce of ginger, to prevent griping 

 and to promote perspiration ; to which should 

 be added warmth, warm drinks, and gruels ; 

 but none of the hot, stimulating drinks of the 

 cow-leech should be administered ; nor, in- 

 deed, need he be called in, for any country 

 servant can bleed the animal. 



Aperients, bleeding and soporifics are the 

 basis of all remedies, and may in most com- 

 mon cases be applied to the animal by any 

 intelligent person ; but, in serious diseases, 

 their application should be confided to an 

 experienced veterinary surgeon. 



It is undoubtedly an unnatural and a some- 

 what cruel practice to deprive the cow of her 

 young one ; for she pines with parental affec- 

 tion for her loss, and the only excuse which 

 can be made for it arises from the selfish con- 

 venience of using the milk for ourselves, in- 

 stead of giving it to the calf. This, however. 



