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NEW ENGLAKD FARMER. 



May 



mouth partly open; the tongue enlarged, or ap- 

 parently so; the pulse full, hard, and from 65 to 

 70; the breathing quickened and laborious; the 

 flanks violently heaving, and the animal moaning 

 in a low and peculiar way." 



Sometimes the animal is in the full possession 

 of his senses, but usually appears unconscious of 

 things about him; will stand for an hour or two 

 without moving, and when moving, staggers. 

 The disease does not always appear in the same 

 place. Sometimes the first symptoms are tender- 

 ness on the loins and back, swellings about the 

 shoulders, with a peculiar crackling noise, and 

 there is great sensitiveness to the touch. In 

 another animal the disease may appear in hard, 

 scurvy patches of what seems to be dead skin. 

 These ulcers first appear about the belly, the 

 quarters and the teats, but spread everywhere. 

 There will also be several other exceedingly offen- 

 sive symptoms. The conjestion is everywhere. 

 This is called black-quarter. The disease is most 

 prevalent among young stock, and is most frequent 

 in the spring and fall of the year. 



These symptoms will be sufficiently plain, we 

 think, to lead to a proper conclusion as to what 

 the disease is when they are present. 



Now what is the remedy ? Some practitioners 

 resort to the most heroic bleeding and purging. 

 This does not seem to us to be the best course, and 

 we therefore give the treatment prescribed by Dr. 

 Dadd in his work on the Diseases of Cattle. He 

 commences the treatment thus : — 



Spirits of Hartshorn 4 drachms. 



Tar-water 1 quirt, 



Tincture of Bloodroot 1 ounce. 



"Mix the hartshorn and tar-water first; then 

 add the bloodroot. Drench (dose No. 1). 



"The object in giving the hartshorn is to decar- 

 bonize the blood, and impart healthy, stimulus to 

 the nutrient system of blood-vessels and nerves ; 

 and this agent will do it. 



"Should the animal show any lameness in the 



back or hind-quarters, apply the following : — 



Oil of cedar 2 ounces, 



Su phuric ether 2 ounces, 



Tiiiclure of capsicum 1 oun-e. 



Cud liver oil 6 ounces. 



"First, mix the two oils; then add the other, and 

 shake them thoroughly ; lastly add the tincture. 



"The object in applying this preparation is to 

 arouse capillary attraction, and thus prevent the 

 engorgements, which, according to the best author- 

 ities, are everywhere found. 



"Four hours after administering "dose No. 1," 

 drench the patient with the following : — 



Liojuid tar 1 ounce, 



G-lycuriiie 4 oun es, 



ThingrutI 1 quart. 



"This dose may be repeated at intervals of four 

 hours, until symptoms of improvement are ob- 

 served. 



"The tar is a powerful antiseptic, and prevents 

 decomposition and mortification. 



"All sores and ulcers must be dressed with pyro- 

 ligaeous acid, and kept constantly sprinkled with 



powdered bloodroot; abscesses punctured with a 

 thumb lancet, syringed with soapsuds, and their 

 cavities crammed with fine salt. Wash sore? 

 about the mouth with liquid tar. If the patient be 

 weak, give goldenseal in two drachm doses, mixed 

 with the food." 



We have thus gone at considerable length into 

 this case, because the disease is a terrible one, and 

 if once gaining a foothold, may spread through a 

 wide region, and result in great disappointment 

 and heavy loss. We have made all the inquiry, 

 and searched all the books at our command, 

 and have given such a description of symptoms 

 as cannot be mistaken, and remedies which are 

 sanctioned by high authorities. 



We suppose the doses prescribed above may be 

 intended for grown cattle ; if so, the practitioner 

 must vary them according to the age of the ajiimal 

 treated. 



SUPPOSED OVARIAN TUMOK. 



In the winter of 1867. Mr. Daniel Griffln, of 

 Starks, Me., lost a cow under the following circum- 

 stances. In the summer and early autumn she 

 began to fill up, and her body became so heavy 

 and cumbersome, that it was with great difficulty 

 that she could ascend a hill, or even gently rising 

 ground. She continued to grow worse, that is, 

 larger and heavier, until she came to the barn, when 

 she could hardly walk. She was hearty, eat any- 

 thing given her, and had the appearance of being 

 heavy with calf, and was so considered by all who 

 saw her. In a short time, however, she became so 

 heavy that she could not stand, and was obliged 

 to lie down all the time. She very soon died, ap- 

 parently without any suffering, and was in good 

 flesh, and hearty to the last. Upon being opened, 

 a large sack, said to have been of the size of a 

 forty-gallon cask, rolled out, apparently wholly 

 unattached. Upan opening this, it had a honey- 

 comb appearance, the cells being filled with a 

 watery substance. It was estimated to weigh 

 about 300 pounds. It might have been attached 

 while growing, and the supposition is that it was ; 

 but no such connection was observed. All the 

 other organs appeared to be in a healthy condition. 

 Mr. G. and many of his neighbors are anxious to 

 learn the name aud nature, as well as cause of this 

 phenomenon. Zen. 



Starks, Me., Jan. 23, 1869. 



Remarks. — This was probably a case of ovarian 

 tumor. The attachment was to one of the ovaries, 

 by a small neck, which might have been ruptured 

 before death, or when the sack "rolled out." 



It is very desirable that in all cases of unusual 

 forms of disease, farmers would call on veterinary 

 surgeons, or in their absense upon educated phy- 

 sicians in their vicinity, to examine and report 

 upon them. We have no doubt that most physi- 

 cians would cheerfully do the service. 



PRESERVING MAPLE SYRVP. — BUTTER CASKS. 



Two years ago I procured several gallon jugs 

 of common stone ware and filled them full of syrup 

 made from the first fljw of sap, wci.;hing ten and a 

 half pounds to the gallon; corked them tight atid 

 packed tliem in sawdust from seasoned tiinber, 

 and put them in a cool, dry place. The result was 

 we had this luxury fur table use during the year, 

 with all the nice flavor of freshly made syrupi. 



