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FACT NUMBER ONE. 



THE COW TWO WEEKS AFTER EATING THE SLOBBER GRASS, 



FACT NUMBER ONE. 



THE DAIRY COW. 



Section II. 

 THE CAUSE OF THE FALLING OFF IN THE MILK OF THE COW. 



We have already observed that the Slobber Grass dis- 

 ease, visites the Milch Cow with great severity; and we 

 now say, that, the evils resulting from the disease of the 

 horse, in this respect, bear no proportion to those arising 

 from the salivation of this animal while in a state either of 

 coming in, as it is called, or of giving milk. In the cow, 

 these evils have been seen and felt, especially in the old 

 states, for more than half a century ; and they have gene- 

 rally been regarded as a matter of course, — a visitation in- 



