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cannot be drained, soil the stock in-doors or on other pastures 

 /ather than graze them. 3. Remove the stock from pastures 

 known to be dangerous as soon as summer heat and dryness of 

 the soil favour malarious emanations (late summer and autumn). 

 4. Shelter the stock at night and secure the shade of trees or 

 sheds during the day, when, after a hot, dry season, there comes 

 an extreme difference between the day and night temperature. 

 15. Secure abundance of pure water, avoiding such as is stagnant 

 or putrid. 6. Keep always in good thriving condition, and 

 avoid sudden accessions of plethora. Artificial feeding in dry 

 times is often necessary to secure this, or in case of an over- 

 luxuriant pasture, seclusion in a barn-yard for four or five hours 

 a day. Sheep may be shut up on moonlight nights, to prevent 

 feeding in dangerous localities. 7. Overwork, exhaustion, 

 close-aired buildings, ill-hea'.tli, or whatever tends to load the 

 blood with waste matter should be avoided. 8. Exposed 

 animals may have a little nitro-muriatic, sulphuric, or carbolic 

 acid daily in the water or food. 9. Diseased animals must be 

 separated from the healthy. 10. Carcasses, secretions, dung, 

 litter, etc., of diseased animals should be deeply buried or 

 otherwise perfectly destroyed. Buildings, yards, sheds, etc, 

 occupied by the diseased should be thoroughly disinfected. 

 Pastures should be abandoned for that season, and graves 

 fenced safely from trespass for two years. 11. None but the 

 attendants should approach the diseased. 12, Before handling, 

 cauterize all raw sores on hands or face with lunar caustic and 

 wash the hands in a weak solution of carbolic acid both before 

 and after. 13. Shut up all dogs, cats, and pigeons. 14. Never 

 allow the flesh or milk to pass into consumption. 



GLANDERS AND FARCY. 



A specific febrile disorder originating in solipeds, and trans- 

 missible by contagion or inoculation to dogs, goats, sheep, and 

 men. Glanders is characterized by a j^eculiar deposit with 



