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a little ; alfo their Dams in June will take Bull again, and bring other 

 Calves in the fpace above-mentioned. A Cow is barren oftentimes and 

 the Calf weak, ifitbeafer May e'er fhe Calve; and befides, it would 

 be too charReable to rear Calves the latter end of the Year, and to keep 

 their Dams in the Houfe all the Winter, as it is praftifed in fome places ; 

 Again, for their own advantage it will be beft they come betimes, thatshey 

 may put them out, for Grafs increafes a great deal more Milk, when the 

 Kine are abroad, ihan Hay or Straw at home ; for dry Meat will abate 

 Milk, Grafs does not; and if your Calves have been ufed to Grafs, wean 

 them' abroad and not at home ; your Calves will have great Bellies if you 

 wean tl.em with Hay, Grafs makes them ftir better, and is not noxious to 

 them. In the Winter feafon inftal them, rather than let them run abroad 

 a Nights ; when you take them in you may give them Hay, but in 

 the day-time let them feed in the Fields. Obferve but thefe Directions and 

 you will find them a great deal fitter for the Plough when you come to 

 make ufe of them. 



CHAP. XVllI. For a Cow that has newly Cahedj wanting Milk. 



ANnifceds boiled in Ale and ftrained, given warm to a Cow that has 

 newly Calved, and being Poor, wants Milk, is very good for the in- 

 creafe of it ; Colewort-leaves boiled or raw, will do the like : Alfo Barley 

 and Fennel feed fod together is good for her. There are feveral others, 

 but thefe are the principal approved Medicines to increafe Milk in Kine. 



CHAP. XIX. For the Shoulder, hone of a Beafi cut of Joint. 



OU may eafily difcern the tripping of a Beaft on the fame Foot that 

 ^ the Shoulder-bone is out of Joint ; for cure whereof throw him on the 

 Ground, and bind f=ilt his other three Legs, then ftretch out the other Leg 

 and put' one Hard on his Shoulder where the Bone went out, and the other 

 near his Body within fide, and place the Bone right, and juft even with 

 the other Bone ; when it is right and laft together, get two wooden Pricks 

 of a length, and boring two holes crofs under the Skir, in the middle of the 

 Joint, from both fides of the joint they muft be diftant an Inch and an half 

 from' each other, and there put your pricks crofs under the Skin, then wrap 

 it round with Itrong Packthread, binding of it round the ends of the Pricks, 

 draw up the Skin in a lump with it; fo when your Thread is faftned, there 

 let it be until it drop away of itfelf, and the Beaft will be well, fit for Work 

 in two days time. If it be in the heat of Summer, anoint the place with 

 Tat by reafon of the Flies. 



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