CHAP. XIX.] FARMING FOR LADIES. 385 



The diseases to which calves are com- 

 monly subject are merely those of costiveness 

 and scouring. The former, if they be fed 

 during the winter on hay, can be easily re- 

 moved by bran mashes, with an ounce or 

 two of Epsom salts, or an ounce of castor 

 oil, repeated until the cause be removed, or 

 even by giving them green food if that be not, 

 as it ought to be, always allowed ; and the 

 latter, by the well-known " calves' cordial," 

 accompanied by the frequent use of warm 

 gruel, and small feeds of boiled milk, in which 

 a raw egg together with some starch or arrow- 

 root has been beaten up. A lump of chalk 

 should also be always left in the shed for the 

 calf to lick at — not to make the flesh white ; 

 but as being a great corrective of acidity 



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