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operation and in administering to her cure afterwards. 

 But, where this cannot be easily accomplished, let the ex- 

 posed parts be rubbed with the following liniment : — 

 Brandy . . . -l gill, 



Camphorated spirits of wine 1 ounce, 

 Olive-oil ... 2 ounces. 



DOWNFALL, OR SORE UDDER. 



Symptoms. — The milk assumes a curdled state, the udder 

 enlarges, and tumorous, knotty swellings are perceptible in 

 parts of it. 



Cause. — Cows that have long been habituated to milking 

 are most liable to this disease, in consequence of the lac- 

 teals having assumed a strong tendency to absorb the milky 

 fluid of the stomach. It is consequently difficult to coun- 

 teract this tendency ; and when it is wished to render the 

 animal dry of milk, the ordinary methods fail from the 

 power which the increased action of the vessels have ac- 

 quired. 



Remedies.— Prevention is better than a remedy in this 

 case. It should be particularly noticed whether the milk 

 gradually lessens of its own accord when the cow is milked 

 dry, or that the operation of milking is required to be more 

 seldom performed in order to render her dry. If the former 

 be the case, then bleeding will be rendered unnecessary ; but 

 in the event of the latter, she will require to be bled every 

 fourteen days, for six weeks, in order to divert the action 

 of the lacteals, and allow those which absorb the portion 

 intended for blood to be increased in their powers of ab- 

 sorption. 



If this be not attended to, a portion of the milk will be 

 carried into the udder, where it will thicken and coagulate, 

 and finding no discharge in the ordinary channel, will ne- 



