918 THE PEOPLE'S NARM AND STOCK CYCLOPEDIA. 



become distended with milk. If the above precautions are ob- 

 served garget will seldom be seen; but when it does occur 

 treatment becomes necessary. Bathe the bag with water just 

 as hot as the animal will allow without burning her. Bathing 

 should be kept up for at least an hour three times a day. If 

 this can not be done, take a piece of muslin about four yards 

 long, and tear both ends lengthwise in the center, leaving enough 

 untorn in the middle of the piece to cover the entire bag ; then 

 tie the two sides of one torn end around the body, just in front 

 of the bag ; draw the other end back between the hind legs, and 

 tie the two parts to the part already around her body; and if 

 the teats are much swollen and stiffened, cut holes for them to 

 stick through, then fill the sack thus formed below the bag with 

 any good poultice. Hops boiled up with a little bran or lin- 

 seed meal make an excellent poultice. From their lightness and 

 their capacity for retaining moisture, they are perhaps as good 

 as any thing. If the weather is too cold to allow of either bath- 

 ing or poulticing, this pouch should be stuffed with wool or tow, 

 being first heated by a fire, which keeps the bag warm and is a 

 great relief. Milk her often, or, better still, draw the milk with 

 a milk-tube; this is a small tube with the end rounded and 

 smoothed, holes being made in the sides to admit the milk. And 

 frequently anoint the bag with 



Fluid Extract of Belladonna, . . . . .1 ounce. 

 Lard, ......... 8 ounces. 



And give, 



Sulphate of Magnesia, . . . . . .16 ounces. 



Aloes, powdered, ....... 4 drams. 



Mix in warm water, and give at one dose. If in six or eight 

 days the bag becomes hardened, rub it over with tincture of 

 iodine, and give iodide of potash, four drams, twice a day. If 

 pus forms near the skin open and let it out. If mortification of 

 the part occurs, the mortified part will either have to be cut off 

 or allowed to fall off. It often falls out, after which the animal 

 usually does well. 



Texas Fever. Also called Mexican fever, Spanish fever, 

 Splenic fever, etc. This disease is a variety of anthrax, being 



