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some cases from one of the claws. Veterinarians have 

 divided this complaint into two kinds, the soft fouls, and 

 the horny fouls ^ which are differently treated by them. In 

 the soft fouls, the discharge issues from the cleft of the hoof, 

 and also from the heels, and in both cases the animal be- 

 comes Tery lame. 



Causes. — Hard driving and long journeys often produce 

 the fouls, more particularly if the roads are bad, and dirt 

 lodges and dries in the cleft, or behind the heels. It affects 

 cattle of all ages. 



Remedies. — For the soft fouls, when cracks take place, 

 these must be well washed with soft-soap and water, and 

 then anointed with tar-ointment, and the feet kept as dry 

 as possible. When a distention of the horny substance 

 takes place, and soft spongy protrusions appear, accompanied 

 with the discharge of matter of a most offensive smell, 

 these soft parts must be cut, or scraped off, and a caustic 

 liquid applied to the parts. The following will prove 

 effectual if well applied : — 



Sulphate of copper . 1 ounce, 



Nitrous acid 



Alum, pounded 



Rain, or river water 

 When the parts are properly was! 

 it has become dry, then a pledget covered with tar-ointment 

 should be applied to the parts. 



For the horny fouls, if the hoof feels very warm, and the 

 animal manifests pain on pressure being applied to the 

 parts, and they feel hard underneath, it will then be dis- 

 covered that a horny substance is penetrating into the 

 softer parts of the foot, either between the two halves of 

 the hoof, or at the heels ; these horny parts must be era- 

 dicated by cutting. In performing this operation, it will 



\ ounce, 



2 ounces, 

 1 pint, 

 ed with the above, and 



