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fine powder, mix them well together, whilst 

 cooling bathe the teats freely. 



TREATMENT OF THE COW, BEFORE 



AND DURING CALYING. ^ 



It is an old and true saying, and the truth of 

 it is nowhere more evident than in treatment of 

 the Milch Cow ; that the prevention of an evil 

 is hotter than the cure. The Cow should he 

 dried si-x or eight weeks before calving, for two 

 reasons : First, the strength and constitution 

 of the Cow reo^ulre a little respite. Second, the 

 mixture of the old milk and the new secretions, 

 that nature prepares for the expected calf Dur- 

 ing the early period of gestation, the animal 

 may and should be tolerably well fed, for she 

 has to provide milk for the Dairy, and nourish- 

 ment for the foetus. But when she is dried, 

 her food should be considerably diminished: — 

 She should not be too fat, or full of blood at the 

 time of calving, for that is the frequent cause of 

 dif^cult, labor^ garget fever and death. 



There are few things in which the Farmer 



