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go tLe tongne, and keep up the nose, and it will all go down.' 

 Mr. Peters says, ' 1 followed the directions, and in two days 

 my cow was better ; and in a week was perfectly well. The 

 same may not cure in all cases of horn-ail, as my informant 

 said it would, but it is worth the trial. 



It should seem, however, as Mr. Peters suggested, that the 

 above-mentioned remedy is n'^t infallible. Mr, Thomas Ha- 

 zen, in a communication published in the New England Far- 

 mer, vol. vii. p. 234, states that he tried it without success ; 

 but, by the advice of a large owner of cattle, he freely ap- 

 plied spirits of turpentine to an ox in high flesh, but afflicted 

 with the horn-ail, on the top of the head along the roots of 

 the horns, for a number of days. The ox soon began to feed 

 well, and in a few weeks was sold for market. It is a severe 

 remedy, throwing the animal into extreme agony.' 



Dr. Cooper, in the lost Philadelphia edition of WillicK's 

 Domestic EncyclGpedia, directs, For the hollow horn, saw off 

 the diseased part ; dress with turpentine ; keep the animal 

 warm, and do not starve him. It is a disease owing to want 

 of food and exposure to cold. 



Remedy for Cattle when choked hy Roots or other sub- 

 stances. Mr. Joseph Wingate, of Maine, in a communica- 

 tion for the New England Farmer, vol. iii. page £7, says, 

 that every farmer should have a rope, which is to be put 

 d^wn into any animal's throat when choked with any hard 

 substance, such as a turnip, potato, or an ear of corn. ' I 

 have used this rope, and never found the least difficulty in 

 g'ving immediate relief. Many cattle have died for the want 

 of it, and many have been killed outright by using other 

 means. Take an old tarred rope, six feet lon_;. Let it 

 be served, [strongly wound round with tv^ine] and, when 

 finished, be one inch in diameter. When put down the 

 throat it should be pushed gently down four feet and a half 

 into a cow or an ox. In cold weathar it is stiff enough, 

 but in warm weatheY it should be wet with cold water befoiO 

 it is rsed.' 



Mr. E. Williams, of Westford, New York, in New Eng- 

 land Farmer, vol. iii. p, 81, directs to an easier method to re- 

 lieve th complaint : 'It is merely to pour down the throat 

 one quart of very strong soap suds. I have seen it tried in 

 numerous instances, and invariably with the best effect. It 

 aifords instantaneous relief.' 

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