DISEASES AND TREATMENT OF CATTLE 413 



the hole causing the trouble. The best poultice for this is hot 

 linseed meal. After you get it out, the hole will soon heal of 

 its own accord. 



5. Punctures — Nails, Etc. 



This generally occurs where cattle are running around 

 old buildings where boards with nails in them are lying 

 about. 



Symptoms. — There is severe lameness which comes on all of 

 a sudden. The animal appears to be in great pain and can 

 scarcely touch its foot to the ground. 



Treatment. — Pull the nail out. pare out around the hole 

 and poultice with hot linseed meal. Keep the animal quiet 

 until the soreness is all out. Change the poultices twice a 

 day. If it should fester pare down around the hole until the 

 matter comes out and poultice well to draw it all out. Keep 

 the animal quiet until the hole heals. After you stop poul- 

 ticing stuff the hole with tar and cotton batting to keep the 

 dirt from working up into it. 



