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Fourthly. Avoid absolute doctoring the animal 

 for which you desire a professional opinion. 

 Attend implicitly to the instructions received, 

 and success will be more certain. 



Fifthly. Never withhold information upon 

 matters which are calculated to throw light upon 

 the causes, nature, symptoms, &c., of the ailment. 

 Absence of such paralyses the hands of skill, 

 and prevents the adoption of proper measures. 



These may admit of some variation under 

 certain circumstances, but in the majority of 

 cases, if carried out properlj , they will effect more 

 good than is to be expected at the present day 

 in many places, from the utter disregard of sys- 

 tem which prevails, particularly in agricultural 

 districts. 



