286 HOOSE. INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNGS. 



If a cow is once affected in this way, the difficulty 

 will be liable to return, and she had better be dis- 

 posed of. 



HOOSE is a cold or cough to which stock are subject 

 when exposed to wet weather and damp pastures. 



The cold may not be bad at first, or may be so slight 

 as not to attract attention ; but it often leads to worse 

 complaints, and ought, when observed, to be attended 

 to at once, by keeping the animal in a dry and warm 

 barn a few days, and feeding with mashes, and, if it 

 continues, take an ounce of sweet spirits of nitre in a 

 pint of ginger tea ; mix, and give in a quart of thick 

 gruel. 



No prudent farmer will neglect to observe approach- 

 ing symptoms of disease in his stock. The cheapest 

 way to keep animals healthy is to treat them properly 

 in time, and before disease is seated upon them. Hoose 

 often ends in consumption and death. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE GLANDS often occurs in hoose, 

 catarrh, etc., but they resume their natural state when 

 these complaints are removed. The animal cannot swal- 

 low without pain sometimes, and soft food should be 

 given. Remove the cause, and the inflammation ceases. 

 Some make a relaxing poultice of marsh-mallows, or 

 similar substances ; and rub the throat with a mixture 

 of olive or goose oil one gill, spirit of camphor one 

 ounce, oil of cedar one ounce, and half a gill of vinegar. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNGS. Common catarrh or 

 hoose sometimes leads to inflammation of the lungs, 

 which is indicated by dulness and sore cough. The 

 ears, the roots of the horns, and legs, are sometimes 

 cold. The breath is hot, as well as the mouth ; and the 

 animal rarely lies down, and is reluctant to move, 

 or change its position. Warm water and mashes, or 

 gruel, may b given, and the animal kept in a dry 



