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THE i)AlRTMAX S MANUAL. 



unfavorable weather and the presence of abundant ergot 

 in the grain and grass crops. 



DISEASES OF THE [^TAMMARY GLANDS. 



Mammitis or Garget is one of the raost frequent and 



I troublesome diseases in the dairy. " Caked bag" is the 



, dread of the dairyman, who finds his supply of milk sud- 



' denly cut off and a sick cow upon his hands requiring 



care and treatment. The technical name, mammitis, or 



Fig. 102. —DIAGRAM OF A COW'S UDDEB. 



inflammation of the mammae or milk glands, includes a 

 number of affections of this organ ; garget, ropy milk, 

 bloody milk, diseased or impure milk, and whatever may 

 cause disorder of the milk secretions. 



A description of the construction of the udder, or 

 rather the mammary glands, of which the cow has four 

 inclosed in one common envelope, all of which we call 

 the udder, will explain more clearly the nature and effect 

 of the various disorders which are commonly included in 

 the term garget. At figure 102 is a representation of a 



