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PART VI. 

 THE HOSPITAL. 



The following notes on a few of the more common troubles 

 likely to demand the attention of every man having to do with dairy 

 cattle, make no claim to originality. All that can be said is that 

 the suggestions offered or the treatments outlined have been tried 

 by the writer personally and found to be satisfactory and, in most 

 cases, efficacious. 



STABlE HYGIENE. 



In dairy stable management, the great aim should be the pre- 

 venting rather than the curing, of disease. In spite of the greatest 

 precautions, however, no stable is likely to be always free from some 

 one or more of the numerous troubles which seem to be ever ready 

 to intrude where the least opening offers through carelessness of 

 some kind, or laxity in the enforcement of the most strict rules 

 of hygiene, and of quarantine or separation from other herds, possibly 

 infected. 



Some preventive measures that can be fairly readily put into 

 force might be briefly stated as follows: 



(1). Keep the stable free from dust and dirt of all kinds, that 

 is, observe perfect cleanliness in everything having to do with the 

 oow and the stable. 



(2). Supply an abundance of good, pure air, so introduced as 

 to avoid draughts or air currents striking any individual. 



(3). Admit an abundance of sunlight through clean windows. 



(4). Periodically disinfect the stables with some powerful 

 disinfectant or germ-destroyer, as corrosive sublimate. 



(5). Give a liberal but judicious supply of good food and clean 

 water, and 



(6). Test for tuberculosis at least once each year. 



THE MEDICINE CHEST. 



Every dairyman should keep a few simple remedies and appli- 

 ances on hand. A small cupboard or a chest should be kept for 



