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THE DAIRYMAID'S MANUAL. 



an immediate and safe cure is possible, it is useless to 

 waste time in trying questionable remedies. This cure 

 is to perforate the paunch at the 

 point of its greatest distension with 

 an instrument known as a trocar, 

 which is contained in a separate tube 

 called a canula (figure 106). This 

 instrument is plunged into the paunch 

 at a point equidistant from the point 

 of the hip, the last rib and the loin ; 

 being the center of a triangle drawn 

 from these points to each other. The 

 trocar should be pointed downwards 

 to escape the kidneys and the muscles 

 of the loin. It is then drawn out, 

 leaving the canula in the wound. It 

 will help to relieve the animal to 

 pour through the canula into the 

 paunch a quart of a solution of car- 

 bonate of ammonia, or a solution of 

 two ounces of hyposulphite of soda in 

 a pint of water ; either of which will 

 stop the fermentation and relieve 

 the bloating. Food should be given 

 sparingly for a few days after this 

 until the stomach recovers its tone. 

 As has been observed, '^ prevention 

 is better than cure," and this accident 

 or mistake is most easily prevented by ordinary caution 

 and care in feeding or pasturing green fodder. 



Fig. 106. 



CHOKIN^G. 



When feeding roots or apples, carelessness, so common 

 among hired help, may lead to the accidental stoppage 

 of the gullet by a piece of the food which has been 

 swallowed whole. This is easily prevented by chopping 



