DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



carbolic acid in 3 pints water equals a 2-per-cent. solution ; 5 tablespoonfuls carbolic 

 acid in 3 pints water equals a 5-per-cent. solution. 



Besides the above drugs, it is recommended that the following appliances should 

 be included : Long-necked bottle for drenching ; trocar and canula"; graduated 

 :rlass, 4 oz. ; clinical "thremonieter ; %-inch rubber hos'e 1 , 5 feet long, with glass 

 funnel to fit end ; milk-fever apparatus ; hard-rubber syringe ; teat-tubes, plugs, 

 and bistoury; small weighing-scale. 



DRENCHING CATTLE. 



In giving fluid medicines to cattle, a bottle with a long, strong neck, such as a 

 \vine-bottle, should be used. The animal's head is held up by the left arm or by an 

 assistant, while the right arm holds the bottle. The neck of the bottle is inserted 



(At top.) 

 Cross-sections through a typical dairy cow at shoulder and at paunch. 



(At bottom.) 



Cross-sections through typical beef animal at same parts of the body. 

 (Eckles, " Dairy Cattle and Milk Production.") 



iii the mouth between the grinders and front teeth, and the medicine allowed to run 

 out as far back on the tongue as possible. If the beast coughs, the head must 

 be lowered at once to prevent the fluid getting to the lungs, where it may cause 

 pneumonia. Cattle are fairly easy subjects to drench. 



TUBERCULOSIS. 



This is a contagious or germ disease, and it may be transmitted from the cow 

 to the human family by means of infected milk. Unfortunately it is impossible to 



