CATTLE, DISEASES OF. 



CATTLE SHEDS 



Milch Cows for the Supply of Milk," by Mr. 

 Harley, (Quart. Jmn-n. Agr. vol. i. p. 170) ; see 

 also "The Harleian Dairy System" by the 

 same gentleman, and " On a celebrated Yard- 

 fed Cow," the property of Mr. Cramp of 

 Lewes, (Com. Board of Agr. vol. vii. p. 53). It 

 will, perhaps, surprise an English farmer to 

 learn to what coarse unnatural kind of food 

 use will accustom animals. The cows of 

 Shetland live upon the coarsest moss and sea- 

 weed ; those of still more northerly regions on 

 even animal food. In Lapland and Iceland, 

 according to Mr. De Broke, the cattle are uni- 

 formly fed on fsh. "The English farmer's 

 surprise," says' Mr. Broke, "will not be les- 

 sened when he learns that the anirfals not 

 only devour this kind of food with the greatest 

 eagerness, but thrive and do well upon it; it 

 seems that fish heads and bones are boiled to- 

 gether with some hay into a kind of soup, and 

 poured into the mangers of the poor beasts." 

 (Quart. Juurn. of Agr. vol. x. p. 299.) There 

 is a jtaper " On Live-Stock and Crossing," by 

 Mr. Frrguson, (Ilnd. vol. i. p. 33) ; " On the 

 irative Advantages of Feeding Stock 

 with Mangel-Wurzel, Turnips, and Potatoes," 

 by Mr. llo\\-il.-[i, (Trans. High. Soc. vol. iii. 

 p. 268) ; and "On Raw and Prepared Food," by 

 Messrs. Walker, Howden, Boswell, and Walk- 

 er, (Ibid, vol. iv. p. 2^3) ; and again by Mr. 

 Walker, (Ilnd. vol. v. p. 52) ; and " On different 

 Descriptions of Food," by Mr. Stephenson. 

 (Ibid. vol. vi. p. 61.) On the disease called the 

 " Muir-ill," by Mr. M'Farlane, (Ibid. vol. iv. 

 p. 388) ; on the disease called "The Tail-slip," 

 by Mr. Dick, (Quarterly Journal of Agriculture, 

 vol. iii. p. 308) ; " On Calculi," (Ibid. p. 642) ; 

 "On Diseases of the Udder," (Ibid. p. 871) ; 

 "On the Navel-ill," by Mr. Sitwell, (Com. 

 Poard of Agr. vol. vi. p. 401) ; "On acclimating 

 Cattle, by Dr. Smith of Kentucky, (Ibid. vol. ii. 

 p. 93 ; On determining the Weight of Cattle by 

 Admeasurement, (Quart. Journ. of Agr. vol. v. 

 p. 612) ; and Mr. Ferguson "On the value of 

 Live-Stock with relation to the Weight of Of- 

 fal, (/ i''. vol. ii. p. 207) ; "On their External 

 Conformation," by Mr. Sparrow, {Veterinarian 

 for 1839 ; Farmer's Mag. vol. iii. p. 95, n. 5 ; 

 Baron Malthus ; tfCvUodft Diet. Com. ; Youatt 

 on Cattle : Quart. Jtwrn. of Agr. ; Farmer's Mag.; 

 Trans, of Highland Soc.; Loire 1 'a Illustrations of 

 the Breeds of Domestic Animals.') 



CATTLE, REMEDIES FOR DISEASES 

 OF. 



Abortion. See ABORTION, 



Black-water is the concluding and commonly 

 fatal stage of redwater. See RED WATER. 



Chun* in a; dri.ik: 1 oz. of bayberry powdered, 

 1 oz. of brimstone powdered, 1 oz. of cummin- 

 seed powdered, 1 oz. of diapente. Boil these 

 together for ten minutes ; give when cold in a 

 gruel. 



Colic. The best remedy is 1 pint of linseed 

 oil mixed with oz. of laudanum. 



A cordial is easily made by 1 oz. of caraway 

 seeds, 1 oz. of aniseeds, i oz. of ginger pow- 

 dered, 2 oz. of fenugreek seeds. Boil these in 

 a pint and a half of beer for ten minutes, and 

 administer when cold. 



Diarrlura. Give oz. of powdered catechu, 



and 10 grs. of powdered opium, in a little gruel 

 See DiARH(EA. 



Dysentery. The same as for diarrhoea. 



Fever. Bleed ; and then if the bowels are 

 I constipated, give $ Ib. of Epsom salts in three 

 pints of water daily, in gruel. 



Hoove or Hoven. Use the elastic tube ; as a 

 prevention, let them be well supplied wi f ,h. 

 common salt, and restrained from rapid feed- 

 ing when first feeding upon rank grass or clo- 

 ver. See HOOVE. 



Mange. ^ Ib. of black brimstone, "J pint of 

 turpentine, 1 pint of train oil. Mix them to- 

 gether, and rub the mixture well in over the 

 affected parts. 



Milk fever, or Garget. 2 oz. of brimstone, 

 1 oz. of diapente, 1 oz. of cummin-seed pow- 

 dered, 1 oz. of powdered nitre. Give this daily 

 in a little gruel, and well rub the udder with a 

 little goose-grease. See GAROKT. 



Murrain. ^ Ib. of salts, 2 oz. of bruised co- 

 riander-seed, 1 oz. of gentian powder. Give 

 these in a little water. See MCRR u v. 



Poisons swallowed by oxen are commonly 

 the yew, the water dropwort, and the common 

 and the water hemlock. 1 pint of linseed oil 

 is the best remedy. 



Purge, in poisoning either 1 Ib. of salts in a 

 quart of water or gruel, or a pint to a pint and 

 a half of linseed oil. 



Redwater. Bleed, says Youatt, first, and then 

 give a dose of 1 Ib. of Epsom salts, and Ib. 

 doses repeated every eight hours until the 

 bowels are 'acted upon. In Hampshire they 

 give 4 oz. bole armeniac and 2 oz. of spirits 

 of turpentine in a pint of gruel. 



^j>niins. Embrocation: 8 oz. of sweet oil, 

 4 oz. spirits of hartshorn, oz. oil of thyme. 



Sting of the adder, or slowivorm. Apply im- 

 mediately to the part strong spirits of harts- 

 horn ; for sting of bees apply chalk or 

 whitening mixed with vinegar. See BITER and 

 BEES. 



Worms. Bots: give | Ib. of Epsom salts 

 with 2 oz. of coriander-seed bruised in a quart 

 of water. See BOTH. 



Yellows. 2 oz. of diapente, 2 oz. of cummin- 

 seed powdered, 2 oz. of fenugreek powdered. 

 Boil these for ten minutes in a quart of water, 

 and give daily in a little gruel. See YELLOWS. 



CATTLE SHEDS. The cow-house should 

 be a capacious, well-lighted, and well-venti- 

 lated building, in which the cows or oxen can 

 be kept dry, clean, and moderately warm ; a 

 temperature of about 60 is perhaps the best. 

 It is a mistaken idea that cattle suffer materi- 

 ally by dry cold. It is the wet and the damp 

 walls, yard, and driving rains, and fogs of 

 winter, that are so injurious to them. In this 

 respect the Dutch farmers are very particular. 

 They have their cows regularly groomed, and 

 the walks behind them sprinkled with sand. 

 A clean and dry bed, a portion of a trough to 

 give them water, and another portion for their 

 oil cake, or mangel, or turnips, and a rack for 

 their dry food, will all be necessary comforts. 

 These, with regular feeding, a lump of rock- 

 salt in the manger, and occasional variations 

 if possible in the food, are the chief points to 

 be attended to in the stall management of cat- 



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