60 Case of Croup in a Calf, 



read of two instances of the croup in brute animals ; 

 and his son James mentioned one other. I think that 

 of a colt, which fell a victim to this disease, or some 

 disorder similar to it. Possibly the practice of bleed- 

 ing calves, to blanch the veal, may prevent the disease 

 appearing more commonly, than it otherwise would. 

 My calf had not been precedently bled. 



In a British agricultural publication, of March 9th, 

 last, a circumstance is mentioned, of " a exve belong- 

 ing to Francis Fag, of Enfield, on the night of Janua- 

 ry 29th, having yeaned a lamb, which, in consequence 

 of the ewe having no milk, died the night following : 

 and in the night of February 16th, the same ewe yean- 

 ed another lamb ; has a fine hag of mUk, and both ewe 

 and lamb are doing welV* This is mentioned as an 

 extraordinary circumstance, as, no doubt, it is. — My 

 neighbour, Mr. Thomas Bones, met with a similar oc- 

 currence, in one of his ewes ; save that his ewe eject* 

 ed a diseased and dead lamb. In 18 days thereafter, 

 she yeaned a fine healthy lamb ; and both the ewe and 

 the Jamb were as well, as if np circumstance of the kind 

 mentioned had happened. Such facts are encouraging 

 to sheep breeders, who may meet with similar disas- 

 ters ; and posterior good luck. Every fact relating 

 to accidents or diseases of our stock, is interesting, 

 in the present dearth of veterinary information. Those 

 who neglect to attend to such facts, deeming them 

 trifling and unimportant, are either culpably careless, 

 or reprehensibly fastidious. Let every farmer and 

 owner of stock, inform of any uncommon occurrences 

 of accidents or diseases in domestic animals, happen- 

 ing under his observation ; and a body of facts and 



