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coating of lard has cooled they are submerged in the above 

 solution of water-glass. 



1,009. Another method of preserving eggs has been also 

 successfully followed. Eggs are placed for 5 minutes in a 

 20 per cent, solution of sulphate of iron to which is added 

 1 1 per cent, of tannin soluble in water. The eggs are then 

 rinsed in water, dried and kept as ordinary eggs are kept. 



CHAPTER XC1X. 



DISEASES OF CATTLE. 



commonest diseases of cattle are Anthrax, Quarter- 

 ill, Foot-and-Mouth Disease, Pleuro-Pneumonia, Hoven, 

 Constipation or Impaction of the rumen, Dyspepsia, Debility, 

 Catarrh, Jaundice, Worm in the Eye, Red Water, Apthae, 

 Abortion and Bloody Milk. Worm in the stomach has been 

 already dealt with. In connection with this subject the reader 

 should study the chapter on Agricultural Bacteriology in 

 Part VI. of this book. Of the cattle diseases mentioned, the 

 first four are due to pathogenic organisms, and certain 

 general ideas regarding the manner in which such diseases 

 spread and are arrested both in animals and in plants 

 should enable the reader to apply remedies intelligently 

 in particular cases. 



1.011. All that the agriculturist is expected to do is to 

 render first aid in the case of serious ailments, and treat all 

 ordinary ailments of cattle. For special diseases special re- 

 medies have been found beneficial, and some of these 

 are given below. 



1.012. Anthrax (guti). Preventive inoculation should 

 be resorted to, if possible. When disease has appeared careful 



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