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DRYING UP A COW. 



Pour two quarts of soft water on a fresh rennet bag ; 

 Doil it down to one quart ; strain it, let it cool sufficiently 

 and give it to the cow, and she will generally be dry in 

 a few days. If she will not drink it, it may be turned 

 down her throat. 



Another, Take an ounce of powdered alum, boil it 

 in two quarts of milk till it turns to whey ; then boil in 

 this whey a large handful of sage, till it is reduced to 

 one quart ; rub the cow's adder with a little of it, and 

 give her the rest to drink. First milk her clean, and 

 afterwards draw a little milk every second day, lest the 

 udder become overcharged. Repeat the dose and opera- 

 tion if necessary. 



If the bag be full of milk, and it be hot and inflamed, 

 milk her and repeat the astringent dose, 



PERFORATING COWS' DUGS, 



It sometimes happens that when cows calve their 

 teats are hard and knotted, and the passage through 

 them becomes impervious, and they consequently give 

 no milk. 



Remedy. Make a small skewer of whalebone, or of 

 smooth hard wood, anoint it with goose grease, or other 

 soft grease, and force it up the dug ; take it out daily 

 and anoint it, and do this till it heals round the skewer. 

 This course is attended with success. 



ABORTION, OR SLINKING CALF. 



" This is most probably occasioned by tying up cattle 

 and feeding them on bad hay or stale grain, and should, 

 therefore, be prevented by pursuing a better method. 

 Feeding on unwholesome food, with want of exercise, 

 occasions indigestion and flatulency, and this probablj' 

 so disturbs the young calf in the uterus, as to cause 

 either abortion, or such an alteration in its position as 

 to render delivery difficult, and often impracticable 



