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70. Chapped Teats. Chapped teats may occur in cold 

 weather. The application of vaseline for a few times at 

 the first appearance of the trouble will usually check and 

 cure it. For severe cases the teats should be thoroughly 

 washed and softened with warm water, after which glycerite 

 of tannin may be applied. 



71. Warts on Teats. These are often troublesome but 

 usually disappear of themselves. They may be treated by 

 applying vaseline or olive oil. If large, they may be cut off 

 with a pair of sharp scissors and the spot touched with a 

 stick of caustic potash. 



72. Bitter Milk. This trouble is most often found where 

 one or two cows are kept to provide a family milk supply. 

 The trouble is confined mostly to cows that have been in 

 milk seven months or more. It rarely occurs when the ani- 

 mal is receiving green feed. The milk has a peculiar taste, 

 described by some as salty but more often as bitter. The 

 taste is present in the fresh milk but it seems to become more 

 noticeable as the milk stands. The cream from milk of this 

 kind churns with difficulty and sometimes will not churn 

 at all. 



The cause of this trouble and a remedy for it cannot be 

 given with certainty. It most frequently occurs when the 

 animal is overfed with grain. The only treatment that 

 offers promise of removing the trouble is to reduce the grain 

 feed to the amount actually needed by the animal, or pref- 

 erably less, for a while and to give two or three doses of 

 1 to 1J pounds of Epsom salts at intervals of from three to 

 four days. 



73. Kicking Cows. The habit of kicking is due usually 

 to wrong management. Cows kick at first from either 

 fear or pain. If not properly handled, they may develop 



