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rub themselves till a scab is pro- 

 duced, and in a short lime ulcera- 

 tion ensues. 



Dr. Norford {Annals of Agri- 

 culture^ Vol. XV.) recommends the 

 foilowing ointment, which seldom 

 fails to effect a perfect cure, pro- 

 vided it be piopt.-rl} applied, and 

 the animals kept clean after the 

 disease is removed. Take three 

 ounces of hog's lard, one ounce ol 

 tine flour of sulphur, two drachms 

 of white hellebore, newly pulveriz- 

 ed, and half an ounce of the water 

 of kali, prepared in the shops. 

 These ingredients are to be tho- 

 roughly incorporated, so as to form 

 an unguent ; the whole of which is 

 directed to be rubbed on to ihf 

 animal at one time, and is said to 

 be sufficient for a hog of six or 

 seven stone : if the ointment be 

 properly applied, there will be no 

 need of a repetition. If the hog 

 has a slight cough, doses of anti- 

 mony from half an ounce to an 

 ounce and an half, according to the 

 size of the animal, should be hnely 

 pulverized, and mixed with his 

 food, for ten days or a fortnight. 

 When from long neglect, the neck, 

 ears, and other parts become ul- 

 cerated, they should be anointed 

 every third or fourth day with an 

 ointment made of equal parts of tar 

 and mutton suit, melted together, 

 till the cure is com[)ieted. 



The Murrain is known by the 

 animal's hanging down his head 

 which is swollen ; short and hot 

 breathing ; palpitation of the heart, 

 staggerings, and an abundant se- 

 cretion of viscid matter from the 

 eyes. 



The 36th volume of Annals of 

 57 



Agriculture^ gives the following 

 remedy : A handful of nettles is to 

 be previously boiled in a gallon of 

 small beer, when half a pound of 

 tlour of sulphur, a quarter of a 

 pound of elecampane, three ounces 

 of liqiiorice, and a quarter of a 

 pound of aniseeds are to be added 

 in a pulverized state. This pre- 

 paration should be administered in 

 milk, and the quantity here stated 

 is said to be sufficient for six doses. 



Staggers. — hi tins disorder the 

 animal turns round rapidly, and if 

 not assisted wdl die in half an hour. 



Remedy. — You will see a bare 

 knob in the roof of the mouth. 

 Cut it and let it bleed. Take the 

 powder of loam and salt, rub it 

 with it, and then give the hog a 

 little urine. 8ee a letter from J. 

 P. De Gruchy to Hon. Richard 

 Peters, published in '■'■Memoirs of 

 the Philadelphia Agricultural So- 

 ciety, Vol. 11. p. 28. 



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TAIL SICKNESS, a distemper 

 attended with weakness arid slug- 

 gishness, to which horned cattle 

 are liable in the spring. The end 

 of the tail becomes hollow and re- 

 laxed, but not, as some have as- 

 serted, destitute ot' feeling. A cure 

 is easily etfectcd, by the amputa- 

 tion of a s^mall piece of the tail, 

 which will be attended with a dis- 

 charge of some blood. But when 

 the tail is but little affected, and 

 near to the end, a slit of one inch, 

 or an inch and a half, in the end of 

 the tail, is preferable to amputa' 

 tion. 



