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ATREATISE ON THE CONNECTION OF 



to, would by these means be prevented. It should be 

 given properly mashed with hot water, ^^•hen by the 

 state of their faeces and hides they appear to require it. 

 Too little attention is paid by rearers and breeders of 

 cattle to these necessary precautions. 



The next application for which malt has been re- 

 commended, is the clearing away biliary obstru^lons, and 

 opening the bodies of oxen and other cattle, previously to 

 supplying them with the food with which they are in- 

 tended to be fattened; especially when such food is not 

 s-iifficiently of an aperient nature. And lastly^ malted 

 grain, when dry, but more particularly so when mashed, 

 has been recommended to be given to milch cows, to make 

 them yield a greater quantity of milk, richer than that 

 produced, and free from the bad flavour which milk is apt 

 to acquire, by feeding cows in the winter time on cab- 

 bages or turnips. 



On the whole, a tax of one shilling per head on neat 

 cattle, seems but a trifling object to those who may pay 

 it, when the benefits from the indulgence granted shall be 

 considered. And here the remarks on this subject 

 will conclude, by recommending the making of such 



proper 



