CHAPTER VI. 

 MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION. 



1. Emergencies. 



Certain diseases develop very quickly, prompt action is 

 necessary and no matter how careful the stock owner may be 

 in the care and feeding of his stock, they are always exposed 

 to conditions over which he has no control. Accidents, too, 

 will happen in the best regulated herds, so that we strongly 

 recommend the keeping of at least a small stock of medicines 

 on hand to be used in cases of emergency — inflammation, 

 colic, indigestion, broken limbs or sprained muscles — when 

 prompt treatment may save the animal. 



2. List of Medicines That May be Kept on Hand. 



The following are among those that are more frequently 

 used: 



1. Sweet Spirits of Nitre 4 ounces. 



2. Laudanum 4 ounces. 



3. Fleming's Tincture of Aconite }4 ounce. 



4. Raw Linseed Oil , 1 pint. 



5. Epsom Salts 1 pound. 



6. Bitter Aloes 8 drams. 



7. White Liniment 1 bottle. 



8. White Lotion I bottle. 



The liniment and lotion cost but little when mixed by 

 the quart, and they are very handy and useful for such acci- 

 dents as sprains, sore shoulders, cuts, etc. 



Other medicines may be obtained at any time from a 

 drug store, and as they are used in cases not so urgent it is 

 scarcely necessary to keep them always on hand. 



The cost of the medicines named in this list is trifling 

 compared to the loss which may be avoided by having them 

 on hand and which otherwise may be incurred by the loss 

 caused by delay in going to the drug store just when they 

 should be used. 



Note. — In purchasing fluid medicines from a druggist, 

 the bottle often costs more than the medicine placed in it, 

 consequently always take a bottle with you. 



