128 BULLING IN THE COW, &C. 



health, there will be little trouble from her unwillingness to associate 

 with the bull, but occasionally some of a contrary nature. 



Many recipes have been given by various authors to hasten the 

 period of the cow being in season. A very common thing with the 

 farmer is to give the cow that is wanted to take the bull a quart of 

 milk immediatf ly after it has been drawn from a cow that is in sea- 

 son. Two or three good cordial drinks, such as that recommended in 

 Recipe 31, (p. 79), will be more serviceable. A few malt mashes, 

 oats, carrots, &c., may likewise be given. I would earnestly advise 

 the farmer never to have recourse to cantharides. It is a dangerously 

 stimulating medicine; some cows have had suppression of urine 

 quickly following the exhibition of it, and others have died from in- 

 flammation of the sexual parts. 



On the other hand, cows should not be too fat at this time, because 

 they will frequently then not stand the bulling. A fat cow should 

 have a dose or two of physic and be bled ; a lean cow requires better 

 keeping. 



The sheath and penis of the bull occasionally becomes swollen and 

 tender, and full of little ulcers, with fetid ichorous discharge. The 

 animal can seldom be managed unless he is thrown, when the yard 

 should be drawn out, and all the sore places bathed with the follow- 

 ing lotion : — 



RECIPE (No. 59). 

 Lotion for Bull-burnt. — Take Goulard's extract, one ounce ; spirit of wine, two 

 ounces; water, half a pint. Mix. 



A few applications of this will give speedy relief, and heal the 

 sores. 



The shape of the cow will sometimes inflame and swell, accom- 

 panied with considerable pain at the time of staling, and also a thin 

 ichorous discharge. The part should he washed with this lotion, or a 

 little of it ejected up the shape with a syringe. 



CHAPTER XXXVII. 



THE CO W-POX. 



This disease used to be generally confounded with sore teats, until 

 the immortal Jenner discovered its preservative power against small- 

 pox. Other scientific men have since proved that it is identical with 

 small-pox, — that it is, in fact, the small-pox of the cow. 



It appears under the form of pustules or vesicles on the teats, which 

 are easily broken in milking, and which, left alone, break of them- 

 selves, and discharge a thin, unhealthy fluid. The pustules are sur- 

 rounded by a broad circle of inflammation, and if neglected, or roughly 

 handled, occasionally run into ulcers, very foul, and ditflcult to heal. 



