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Cure. — Take Solomon seal root, buck horn 

 and comfrcy roots, each a handful, to be boiled 

 in tar for a knitinc^ plaister to be placed next the 

 leg ; then splinter it in the proper place, and with 

 your narrow bandage bind it up, let it remain till 

 it is well. - It is sometimes necessary to sling 

 the beast, that he may not misplace the leg by 

 standing. 



TAPING. 



When cattle are swelled very much, it is often 

 necessary to reduce them by taping. Take a 

 sharp knife, gage ic about an inch, and pierce the 

 belly of the beast just below the short ribs, (al- 

 ways on the left side) then either keep the knife 

 in and press it sideways, or put in a quill that 

 the wind may extricate itself. 



FALLING DOWN OF THE MATRICE 



OR REED. 



Cows just before or after calving, if they are 

 weak and suffered to lie with their hinder parts 

 the lowest, sometimes have their reed protrubed 

 or inverted. When this has happened and the 

 part is swelled or torn, (for hens will pick and 

 tear it to pieces, if they are suffered to) wash it 

 with warm milk and water, to cleanse it of the 

 filth and dirt ; then boil a strong decoction of 

 white oak or some other astringent bark, and 

 bathe the part till it is contracted so as to be re- 

 placed in the body. Give the cow half a pint of 

 brandy with a nutmeg grated in it as a cordial ; 

 prepare her bedding so that her hinder parts may 

 lay the highest, and ring her up with three strong 

 wire rings. 



Sewing them up with a good waxed end, tak- 

 ing a deep stitch, will be much better than ring- 

 ing or bandages. 



