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during the day. If the animals are gentle enough to be handled, 

 the mouth should be swabbed out daily with antiseptic washes, such 

 as a 2 per cent solution of carbolic acid or a 1 per cent solution 

 of compound solution of cresol or of permanganate of potassium, or 

 1 part of hydrogen peroxid to 2 parts of water. Tliis should be fol- 

 lowed by asti-ingents, such as one-half tablespoonful of alum, borax, 

 or chlorate of potassium placed on the tongue. Probably a more sat- 

 isfactory metliod of administering the antiseptic treatment to a large 

 number of animals Avould be to mix thoroughly 2 teaspoonfuls of 

 pure carbolic acid every morning in a quart of bran mash and give to 

 each affected animal for a period of five days. Eange cattle may be 

 more readily treated by the use of medicated salt placed in troughs 

 accessible to the animals. This salt may be prepared by pouring 4 

 ounces of crude carbolic acid upon 12 quarts of ordinary barrel salt, 

 after wliich they are thoi-oughly mixed. The lesions of the feet 

 should be treated with a 2 per cent solution of carbolic acid, while the 

 fissures and other lesions of the skin will be benefited by the 

 application of carl)olized vaseline or zinc ointment. If the ani- 

 mals are treated in this manner and carefully fed, the disease will 

 rapidly disappear. 



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