COMMON AILMENTS OF CATTLE 167 



Each student should learn how to perform the following 

 opei ations : 



Take the temperature. 



Take the pulse. 



( 'ount the respiration. 



( ive the cow a drench of pure water in order to learn the method. 



] repare a 2 per cent solution of carbolic acid. 



] isert a teat plug after sterilizing it with the carbolic acid solu- 

 tion 



1 isert a milking tube after sterilizing it. 



14-. Treatment for Lice. Prepare a kerosene emulsion by the 

 direction given on page 161. If possible arrange to use this on a 

 here that needs it. 



COLLATERAL READING 



Milk Fever, Its Simple and Successful Treatment, U. S. Dept. 

 Agr. , Farmers' Bulletin 206. 



Anthrax with Special Reference to its Suppression, U. S. Dept. 

 Agr., Farmers' Bulletin 439. 



Tuberculosis, U. S. Dept. Agr., Farmers' Bulletins 351 and 473. 



Practical Method of Disinfecting Stables, U. S. Dept. Agr., 

 Farriers' Bulletin 480. 



Texas Fever, U. S. Dept. Agr., Farmers' Bulletins 498, 569, and 

 603. 



Eradication of the Cattle Tick Necessary for Profitable Dairying 

 in the South, U. S. Dept. Agr., Farmers' Bulletin 639. 



Foot and Mouth Disease, U. S. Dept. Agr., Farmers' Bulletin 666. 



Diseases of Cattle, U. S. Dept. Agr. (A 550-page book, cost- 

 ing $ 1.) 



Cyclopedia of American Agriculture, L. H. Bailey, Vol. Ill, 

 pp. 122-146, 321-330. 



The Diseases of Animals, N. S. Mayo. 



