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before feeding. This disorder is almost alwa3'S associated 

 with hide-bound, dry rough coat, and other evidences of 

 unthrift for want of proper nutrition. The most nutri- 

 tious food is, therefore, to be given in moderation to 

 secure perfect digestion. Bran and linseed mashes, ciit 

 roots with corn meal, and otlier good wholesome food 

 should be provided, but given in light rations. Some- 

 times this habit is caused by the presence of sand in the 

 stomach taken in with grass which has been washed by 

 floods, or from light sandy soils. In such cases, feeding 

 fine middlings with moistened cut hay or green fodder 

 will help to relieve the stomach by carrying off the ad- 

 hering sand. 



KED- WATER. 



This is a disease of badly-fed cows which suffer from 

 indigestion ; the result of which is to disturb the func- 

 tions of the liver and change the condition of the blood. 

 The blood is thin and watery from t), deficiency of fibrine 

 and red globules, which are lost through the kidneys, and 

 communicate a dark brown, red, or black color to the 

 urine. Cattle, feeding in woods or swamps and forced 

 to eat coarse unwholesome herbage, are usually affected 

 in this manner. The method of prevention is obvious. 

 The mode of cure is to give an active purgative to relieve 

 the liver ; a pint of raw linseed or olive oil, with two 

 drams of podophyllin, may be given, after which copious 

 drinks of linseed tea, with two-dram doses of chlorate 

 of potassa, and two drams of powdered ginger, should be 

 continued for several days. Nutritious and easily di- 

 gested food, as bran mashes, cut feed with ground corn 

 and oats, or chopped roots are required. 



VICES OF cows. 



Cows are given to few vices, and all that appertain to 

 them are caused by faults of management. The most 



