622 HORNED CATTLE. 



rejeded, as of equivocal ufe, if not of pro- 

 bable bad confequence. The dofes for neat 

 cattle feem not to have been hitherto properly 

 afcertained and apportioned ; but the little ex- 

 perience I have had, leads me to fuppofe, that 

 they require a lefs quantity of medicine in a 

 dofe, than horfes, by about one third in gene- 

 ral. Why balls are not given them as com- 

 monly as to horfes, I am ignorant. 



The medical aids generally required for cat- 

 tle, are of the relaxent and deobftruent fpecies, 

 with the occafional demand of cordials ; ag- 

 glutinants have little place here, the animals 

 poffeiTmg the inherent quality of being fatted 

 with their proper food. The attempt to 

 reftore animals in a cachochymic or confump- 

 tive ftate, by the help of medicine, would be 

 mod unpromifmg ; and the firft end of fuch, 

 will on calculation be always found the beft. 

 When unthrifty animals have a fine filken and 

 gloffy coat, the true prognofcis is, that their 

 vifcera are unfound ; and I have generally ob- 

 ferved the liver of them to be of bad colour 

 and confiftence, and the lights adhering to the 

 pleura, or tegument of the cheft ; with a rough 

 and flaring coat, their ill habit may probably 

 arife from internal obftruclion only, which 

 alterants or purgatives may quickly remove. 



The Sturdy, or Turning-evil. See 

 Staggers in Horfes. 



Foul 



