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in the belly of the cow is at once discounted by the 

 butcher, as it is not a saleable article in market. 



8. Spayed cows cannot abort or slink their calves. 

 We have now had a bird's eye view of the advantages to 

 be desired from spayed cows, now let us look in the same 

 manner at the disadvantages of spayed ones. 



1. The expense of the operation and attendant risk of 

 the animal dying, although this is not great, about one in 

 the hundred, and the expense of the operation will be 

 from three to five dollars, which will depend upon the 

 distance tlie operator has to travel, and how many ani- 

 mals are to be operated upon. 



2. Spayed cows are apt to accumulate fat and flesh so 

 that they will become dry much sooner than cows not 

 spayed, still there can be little loss, for a fat cow is 

 always ready for sale. These then are the abjections to 

 the spaying of cows, if objections they may be called. 

 We now leave the subject to those who are more immedi- 

 ately interested. 



Spleenic Apoplexy. — This is a new disease, and con- 

 sists in engorgement of the spleen with blood, and subse- 

 quent rupture of the organ, followed by death in from 

 twelve to twenty-four hours from the time of atttack. 



Cause.^This disease is clearly traceable to the new, 

 and what is wrongfully called i7nproved feeding and fat- 

 tening of cattle. Food, rich in nutritive qualities, and 

 deficient in fluid's is the great cause of spleenic apoplexy 

 in cattle. 



Symptoms. — Constitutional disturbance is set up all at 

 once, and no early symptoms manifested. The animal is 

 well to every appearance at one time in the day and dead 

 by evening. When the symptoms are seen, they are as 

 follows : Colicky pains, twitching of the muscles, stagger- 



