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to be good for the prefeivation of the Health. Some itrew Sand on the 

 Planks for fear they fhould Aide. Befure they be well littered after their 

 Work at Night. 



If you pac them out in the Spring with your Kine, ftparate the young 

 Calves as (bon as they have fucked their Dams, and put them feverally 

 into an Houfe, where they muft remain one Day ; if you have a mind 

 they fiiould fuck, turn them out to their Dams only Morning and 

 Night, then Houfe them again. Thus doing, your Calves will be fairer 

 and fatter than going with their Dams. If is necclfary to give K'me with 

 Calf of the green Herb called Melilot, ftampt with Honey, (tetpc alJ Night 

 in Milk : The Herb aforefaid (although the Kine be a good Nurfe herfelf ) 

 without (he be well look'd to by the Owner, (he will nor be able to give 

 Nourifhment enough to her Calf. Farmers Wives may (without any wafte) 

 make Butter and Cheefe, when the Calves are took up and the Milk put a- 

 part ; gather your Cheefe well and clofe, prefs out the Whey clean, if j^ou 

 leave any in, the Cheefe will be fower and full of Holes: Scald and wafh 

 your Pots and other Veflels throughly. Let not your Women-Servants 

 couch the Butter or Cheefe when they have their Monthly Term?, for it is 

 not wholfome : It is not a good Sign for a Day-labouring Ox to bate none 

 ofhisFlefti, but to continue fat, for he is Flegmatick. Open his Moutlj 

 every eighth Day, wa(h it with his own Water, it will drad' forth theFlegni 

 which he woula Itill fwallow down. The Flegm oftentimes hinders his ear- 

 ing, and you may difcern that it occafions the Catarrh or Rheum by the 

 hanging down his Ei^rs, by the dropping of his Eye, and being watry: 

 Then bruife Thyme in White-Wine and wafh his Mouth, and rub it with 

 Fat and Garlick wellmixt; after this, wa(h it again as before. Several 

 Remedies are prefcribed for it, but for the Catarrh of Rheum, if his Eyes 

 do infiame, ier but Blood on the Vein under his Tongue, and you (hall find 

 the Cure perfected to your Heart's content. 



C H A P. XiV. For T urging of Cattle. 



BRuife and feeth in Water the Leaves of Adder, (Irain them, give them 

 to the Beaft in the Morning, and both Choler and FIcgm (hall be pur- 

 ged downwards by it ; it will hkewife cleanfe the Stomach of Water. 



Others take a Qiiatt of Ale or Beer, putting into it a good handful of 

 the Tops, leaves and flowers of Centaury, which they boil until a Qtiart 

 of it wa(te away ; then, it being pretty warm (but befure well (trained ) 

 they give it the Beaft, if the Sign ferve. This is a gentle Purge for Choler 

 and Flegm, but chiefly Flegm, and is neceffary at any time for the Cattle. 

 If the Weather be (harp, let him be in the Houfe fix Hours after. Some put 

 in a pint or more of honeyed Water or Ale, a handful of green Broom crops, 

 which they (teepat Ni ght, and fo (being (irained the next Morning) give it 



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