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Another. Wash them in a decoction of cedar bark a 

 few times. 



Another. Buttermilk. 



Another. Throw fine sand on them. Bulls paw in 

 sand, and are never troubled with lice. 



Another. When calves are thus afflicted in winter, 

 let them run among sheep, and the lice will soon clear 

 out. 



Another. Take water in which potatoes have been 

 boiled, and rub it all over the animals — cattle, horses, 

 or hogs. 



Another. New rum or whiskey. 



Another. Yellow snuflf. 



PHYSIC. 



For the general effects of physic, see page 33. The 

 principal purgative used for cattle is Epsom and Glau- 

 ber's salts ; one pound for a common dose, for a full 

 grown animal ; and half doses may be repeated every 

 four or five hours, until an operation is produced; or, 

 instead of the repetition of salts, give six or eight ounces 

 of sulphur. Sulphur alone, in half pound doses, is a 

 moderate laxative, but rather slow in its operation. 



Linseed oil, from a pint to a pint and a half, is a good 

 purgative ; it is as good as castor-oil, or olive oil, and 

 much cheaper ; and it is surer than the former. Either 

 of these oils may be used. Thorough wort tea is a good 

 physic. Aloes, though the best purgative for the horse, 

 is uncertain for cattle, and sometimes dangerous, pro- 

 ducing irritation and fever. The staple purgative for 

 cattle is Epsom salts ; they arc more certain than Glau- 

 ber's, and dissolve in less water. In all cases of severe 

 costiveness, back-rake, and give injections — exciting 

 ones if necessary ; else it may be dangerous to give 

 powerful doses of physic, or to repeat them, when the 

 bowels are obstinately obstructed. 



Physic is useful in the following cases : — 



i. A purgmg drink, soon after calving, prevents the 

 milk fever in cows. 



2. A moderate purge given to old cattle once in five 



