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CATTLE, AND Til KIR VARIETIES. 



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to restore their health, provided they hare 

 been well-inanai»ed, not neglected and half- 

 starved. Diarrluoa, or the scour, is usually 

 the most fatal disease with which they are 

 attacked; and, as this is usually the result 

 of some acrid or foreign matter in the bowels, 

 it is generailv mitigated or reuioved in a short 

 time, hv giving them a table-spoonful of 

 sulphur in their milk. Should the attack con- 

 tiuue after this, administer a table-spoonful of 

 tincture of rhubarb with a teaspoonful of 

 laudanum. Mr. IMilburn tells us that he once 

 had a calf nearly dead of diarrhoea, which was 

 so violent as to defy all the eftbrts of medicine. 

 It waa all but dead, when he gave it a bottle 

 of port wine, expecting its deatli next day. 

 In the morning, however, it was well, and 

 crying out for its breakfast. Mr. Milburn adds, 

 that a pint of good old port will often work 

 wonders, when all other remedies have failed, 

 both in man and beast. 



The J^piJemic. — The symptoms of this dis- 

 ease are characterised by their affecting the 

 mouth witli blisters, and the feet with inflam- 

 mation and pain, and is very troublesome. — In 

 treating for it, give, in the first stage, a dose 

 of Epsom, or Glauber salts, accompanied with 

 bran-mashes and shelter. This will generally 

 prevent dangerous results ; but, should the 

 foot break out, or an eruption occur, treat as 

 in the case of foul in the foot — which see. 



Felon. — Mr. Karkeek considers the outset 

 of this diseaue to be a febrile condition, in- 

 duced from sudden excess of food at a period 

 when the tote of the vital principle is unequal 

 to the work. The capillary arteries are more 

 numerous and active in the early period of life 

 than at any other, while they are carrying on 

 and completing the organisation of the frame. 

 They are, in fact, the masons and architects of 

 the system ; but, if a larger supply of building 

 materials is forced into these vessels than can 

 be efficiently used up in reparation and growth, 

 active congestion takes place almost every- 

 where; the vital principle is suddenly re- 

 duced; the body becomes amenable to the 

 ordinary chemical affinities; destruction of 

 the living parts ensues by decomposition, even 

 whilst the animal is alive, shown by the ex- 

 traction of gas from the cellular membrane, and 

 by the extensive sloughing process in the skin. 

 The great point, then, in the rearing of calves, 



is to take care that the vital powers ore pnv 

 dominant, which condition is only obtained by 

 a proper supply of food, jjroper temperature, 

 and proper exercise. The complaint, however, 

 is common in all kinds of cattle, especially in 

 the tender breeds, and proceeds from cold and 

 exposure. It is accompanied with low fever 

 and loss of appetite. The coat stares, the 

 eve is heavy, the nose dry, and the back sore. 

 The animal will flinch from the touch, and 

 the teeth will be felt as if they were loose. 

 The remedy, therefore, is in the use of stimu- 

 lating cordials. 



In treating for it, first house and give the 

 animal a drink ; then administer 1 oz. of tur- 

 meric, 1 oz. fenugreek, 1 oz. liquorice, 1 oz. 

 aniseed powder, in a quart of ale. This will 

 generally prove cflectivo; but, if not, repeat 

 the dose. A very common and very safe pro- 

 cess is to separate the nerve of the under side 

 of the tail, which relieves the back, and fastens 

 the teeth. To perform this operation, feel for 

 a soft place on the under side of the tail. 

 The knobs are the joints ; the soft place is the 

 bone. Cut the skin across at the soft part, 

 and it will bleed for eight or ten minutes, 

 when the tail should be tied up with a piece 

 of linen cloth. Great relief will be afforded 

 by this. 



Foul in the Foot. — To this disease large 

 heavy milk-cows are specially subject. It is 

 to the cow what foot-rot is to the sheep. 

 There is inflammatory action between the 

 parts of the hoof; it begins to discharge fetid 

 matter ; and is a source of pain and irritation, 

 which often dries up the milk, and becomes 

 very difficult to cure. 



In treating for it, let the foot be first well 

 cleaned and fomented with warm water, and 

 all loose flesh cut or clipped ofl". The foot 

 may then be poulticed for one night with 

 linseed-meal, and again fomented and anointed 

 with tar. If it should smell very offensively, 

 a little charcoal, or a few drops of chloride of 

 lime, may be added to the water. Next day 

 the inflammation will be lessened, and its 

 discharge rendered more free by the tar. Tho 

 foot may then be dressed with butyr of anti- 

 mony (chloride of antimony) night and morn- 

 ing, and the tar applied afterwards. Tho toot 

 should be confined in a boot or stocking, and 

 kept free from dirt. A little linseed oil or 



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