84 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Mr. Keith, of Grafton. — Is not the disease you have spoken of 

 the same as what is called the milk fever? 



Dr. Martin. — It is, probably. 



Mr. Flint. — Would not the application of oils stop the 

 insensible perspiration ? 



Dr. Martin. — It is generally understood that the oils do not 

 enter into the pores suflficiontly to prevent perspiration. The 

 ancients applied oils liberally as a preventive of disease. We 

 apply oil frequently. An application that we use with females 

 is equal parts of vinegar and warm water. Anything that will 

 retain heat well, and keep the part as hot as possible, is good. 

 We had in the army a kind of cloth with a long nap on it, that 

 retained the heat a long time. It acted like a poultice, exactly. 

 That, or its substitute of some kind, would be an excellent thing 

 to apply under the strap by which you would suspend the bag. 

 Anything that will keep the heat in is good. And then you 

 will fail sometimes. There is no absolute, specific remedy, that 

 will always cure. 



Mr. TiDD. — The foot-ail is a disease that all farmers suffer 

 more or less from. I have heard of several causes that produce 

 it ; but I never heard of one that, under the circumstances, I 

 was satisfied did not produce it. It is a very troublesome 

 disease ; Ijut whether it is contagious or not I do not know. I 

 have sometimes had eight or ton cases in the course of a season. 

 Sometimes it can be cured very readily, and at others it is very 

 difficult. One remedy is to wash very clean between the hoofs, 

 and apply strong vitriol water. Many cases that application 

 will cure soon. Sometimes I have used spirits of turpentine or 

 hot tar. Farmers, not knowing what is best, are apt to resort 

 to anything that they hear of. In one case that I had, the ancle 

 swelled and the animal was very lame. 



The kine-pox is a disease fliat all farmers have more or less of 

 who have dairies, and sometimes it lessens the quantity of milk 

 very much, and frequently it will be very serious, affecting the 

 teats for a long time. 



A Member. — Does the disease affect the same animal more 

 than once? 



Mr. TiDD. — Yes. I .once supposed it did not, but I have 

 lately had experience that it did. 



