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ing I found her coat standing, and slie was apparently diseased, 

 but there was no indication of a swelled udder. I immediately 

 sent for Dr. Penniman. The inflammation went on, and the 

 second day, I think, one-quarter of the bag began to harden. 

 Finally, one-quarter of the bag ulcerated and dropped out, 

 nearly as large as my hand ; so the inflammation went on, till I 

 lost all but one-quarter. 



I have tried the seton in the breast, but without effecting a 

 cure. The quarter of the bag forward began to harden, and I 

 applied poultices, which seemed to relieve her. Previous to that 

 application she seemed to be in pain. I have known hot appli- 

 cations made to a thoroughbred cow. They saved the bag, but 

 did not cure her. She finally lost that quarter of the bag. 

 Whether the difficulty in these cases arose from the applications 

 being made in different stages of the disease, or whether the 

 diseases were different, I cannot tell. I have always endeavored 

 to do what I could immediately^ 



I have given saltpetre for the garget, either with the feed or 

 by dissolving and pouring it down. Very many in our neigh- 

 borhood have suffered more or less from one or the other of 

 these diseases. I think it possible it may be owing to the breed, 

 or to the high feeding. The effort has been made, of late 

 years, to increase the milking qualities of cows, and probably 

 this may tend to increase the inflammation of the udder. The 

 cow that never gives more than half a pailful of milk is never 

 exposed to have an inflamed bag ; but it is the most valuable 

 cows — the higher grade of cows — that are afflicted with this 

 disease. 



Warts are removed very easily, when they come on heifers at 

 two or three years of age. Grease, of almost any kind, is good; 

 or they can be taken off" without difficulty sometimes. 



The President. — Will Mr. Tidd give his opinion as to what 

 is the predisposing cause of the garget ? 



Mr. Tidd. — I wish I knew. I wish I had known many years 

 ago ; because if we knew the cause, we might be able to admin- 

 ister the remedy. It seems to come on from a large secretion 

 of milk. Even when the milk was kept down, by milking pre- 

 vious to calving, the inflammation would sometimes come on 

 afterwards, and where the obstruction was in one teat only at 

 first. I do not know what it is. There seems a little obstruc- 

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