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When swelling in the joints has taken place, the follow- 

 ing liniment should be well rubbed into them twice a day : — 

 Lintseed-oil . . 4 ounces, 



Oil of turpentine . 2 ounces. 



Hartshorn, or liquid ammonia 1 ounce. 

 As we have recommended in other diseases, the preven- 

 tive system is better than the curative. We would therefore 

 recommend that in cattle which have a tendency to fatten 

 fast, to give alterative medicines to keep down accumula- 

 tion and repletion. The following should be given once 

 or twice a week, as the animal may seem to require it : — 

 Antimony . . 6 drachms, 



Sulphur ... 6 drachms ; 

 to be administered in a pint of warm gruel. 



Some practitioners recommend bleeding ; but it is a well 

 known law in physiology, that blood-letting has a tendency 

 to increase, rather than diminish blood. Others have re- 

 commended setons in the dewlap, which can have no pos- 

 sible effect. We know of no better preventive then occa- 

 sionally to remove them to a piece of short pasture, which 

 should be set apart for the purpose on all farms. 



MILK, OR PUERPERAL FEVER. 



Symptoms. — Restlessness, with cold, shivering fits, accom- 

 panied by dry, parched tongue, and quick pulse, lowness of 

 spirit, and debility, are the symptoms by which this malady 

 is accompanied ; as also great coldness of the extremities. 



Cause. — The ordinary cause of this complaint, is the cow 

 taking cold at the time of calving, which should be care- 

 fully guarded against, as it usually happens at a bad season 

 of the year. 



Remedies. — In cold seasons cows should be taken into 

 the house some time before parturition, as well as wheR 



