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or lard; insert the hand and follow the placenta till a point of 

 attachment is reached. With the thumb and first and second finger, 

 gently but firmly separate the placenta from the button or cotyledon 

 on the womb and proceed to the next point of attachment. The 

 uterus should be thoroughly flushed with a disinfectant after 'removal 

 of the placenta, using carbolic acid one part to fifty parts of water, or 

 zen oleum or creolin in the same proportions. 



RINGWORM. This disease, sometimes called { barn itch,' occurs 

 more commonly on calves than on older animals. It shows itself in 

 circular patches from half an inch to several inches in. diameter, 

 from which the hair has fallen and which present a scurfy or scaly 

 appearance. This condition is due to the presence of a fungus. 



It may be oured by painting with iodine several days in 

 succession or by applying fresh for a few times a mixture of one 

 ounce sulphur ointment and one dram iodine crystals. 



SCOURING IN CALVES is usually due to bad feeding. Following the 

 methods of feeding calves outlined elsewhere in this bulletin, will 

 almost certainly prevent the occurrence of this trouble and will 

 usually cure it, if already in the stable. 



Occasionally, however, what is known as White Scour occurs, 

 when vigorous measures must be taken to right matters. The first 

 consideration must be the removal of the cause, which may usually 

 be done by administering a dose of some good laxative, say 2 oz. of 

 castor oil, or somewhat less in the case of a very young calf. Then 

 feed lightly and frequently on easily-digested food, as warm, sweet 

 milk, with a small amount of ground flax therein. Cleanliness and 

 uniformity in quality, quantity and hours of feeding are the great 

 preventatives and likewise the best curative agents. 



TUBERCULOSIS is one of the most difficult of diseases to handle. 

 The tuberculin test is practically the only way to diagnose this 

 disease, except in most advanced or what are known as clinical cases. 

 In such cases, however, the tuberculin test not infrequently fails 

 to give the typical reaction or rise in temperature. If tuberculosis 

 is suspected, the cattle should be tuberculin tested and any i reacters ' 

 as well as clinical cases, removed from the herd. There is no known 

 remedy. 



WABBLES or the small lumps on the backs of cattle, are due to 

 the grubs developed from the eggs of a species of bot fly. The grubs 



