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confined do yon pnt cold water upon her ?" " No." He then 

 said, " Reverse it ; put the hottest Avater you can bear your hand 

 in and that creature will come right." It was too late for that 

 year. I lost the use of one-quarter of the bag one year, and 

 there was a hard substance continued in that quarter of the bag 

 the whole year. This year, when she came in, I applied water 

 as hot as I could bear my hand in, and she has given more 

 milk from that teat since August than from either of the others, 

 and it is now making up for last year. On inquiry, I found I 

 had a friend in Framingham who used the same remedy. I 

 often lost the use of an animal, or one teat, when I used cold 

 water ; but since I have used hot water I have not lost one, 



Mr. Bela J. Stone, of Sturbridge. — I have had considerable 

 experience with caked bag within the last fifteen years. I have 

 used cold water a good deal. I had the typhoid fever three 

 years ago, and I had cloths as hot as I could bear them applied 

 to my bowels, and since that time I have applied hot water to 

 swelled bag. In one case I told my man to apply hot water and 

 soap-suds, and the second application he said he could see the 

 swelling come down. In twenty-four hours it was almost 

 entirely removed. The cow had been troubled with garget 

 somewhat. I want nothing better than hot water. 



Mr. Bull. — There is no mistake abovit it, for a simple swelled 

 bag. I should not be afraid to warrant that if applied to a 

 heifer she would come out right, if applied early. The garget 

 I know nothing aboilt. 



Mr. Stone. — I do not assert that is a remedy for the garget. 



Mr. H. Garfield, of Lee. — I am exceedingly interested in 

 this discussion upon the subject of the inflammation of cows' 

 udders. I have never had any great difficulty in reducing this 

 inflammation in my own cows, and I have been called to help 

 my neighbors in such cases. My remedy has been warm water 

 and soap-suds, rubbing with a sponge ; and after the washing I 

 wipe all the water off with a dry cloth, and then apply lard as 

 the most convenient oily substance. I seldom have to apply this 

 remedy more than two or three times to produce a cure. I give 

 the udder a thorough manipulating with the soap-suds, and then 

 cover with lard. 



Mr. TiDD.— I am very glad to hear this subject discussed in 

 this manner. It is a difficulty that every one who has a dairy 



