Diseases of Animals 221 



inject the infected teat with equal parts of hydrogen dioxide and water. 

 After a few hours inject 4 drachms of ferric chloride in 1 ounce of 

 water. Then milk clean. 



To Cleanse Cows. 



My cozvs are healthy and calves all ri^^ht, but seem to hare trouble 

 throzving the afterbirth. 



Wash out twice daily with about 1 gallon of normal salt solu- 

 tion (teaspoonful of salt to each pint of warm water). Give in- 

 ternally the following powder: Pulv. gentian, 4 ounces; puv. slippery 

 elm, 1 ounce; puv. charcoal, 1 ounce; pulv. hyposulphate of soda. 

 8 ounces. Mix and give a heaping teaspoonful twice daily. 



Treatment for Caked Bag. 



/ hai'e a coiv zvhose udder is caked hard and has been szvoUen from 

 the udder to the forelegs. This latter szvelling has gone dozvn by applx- 

 ing equal mixture of turpentine and lard, but the udder itself still remains 

 hard. When first noticed, one teat caked, then another, until all four 

 are caked alike. 



Insert a milk tube and inject the following: Hydrogen dioxide, 

 8 ounces; tincture iron chloride, 1 ounce; water, 7 ounces. Inject 

 into each affected teat. Apply the following externally : Camphorated oil, 

 8 ounces ; tincture belladonna, 2 ounces ; oil eucalyptus, 2 ounces. Mix 

 and apply twice daily. 



Garget. 



/ have a cow zvhich gave rich milk all the time, but nozv every time 

 I milk her some yellozu, hard substance zvill come out instead of milk. 

 First from one teat, then the ne.rt, and zvhen I strain the milk the strainer 

 zvill be full of hard yellozv specks. 



Your cow has undoubtedly been affected with garget. This 

 milk should not be used. The condition is best treated by massag- 

 ing the udder every day with camphorated oil. It will also be 

 necessarj'- for you to continue to milk her regularly until about six 

 weeks before she is due to freshen, at which time you should pro- 

 ceed to dry her up. 



Infectious Mastitis. 



We have a 2-ycar-old heifer, zvhich, tzvo zveeks before she zvas due 

 to freshen, had a large udder slightly caked. Upon pressing the teat a 

 discharge of blood issues from each teat. 



This is infectious mastitis. It may be due to a bruise or blow 

 or infection introduced through the milk duct. The first is most 

 likely. Apply camphorated oil externally and inject into the affected 

 udder some hydrogen dioxide (peroxide of hydrogen. — Editor.). 

 After ten minutes, milk out again. Repeat once daily. 



A Mangy Cow. 



/ have a milk cozv zvifh some trouble about her head, neck and 

 shoulders, zvhich causes her to rub herself enough to make razv spots and 



