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the bam or corral and fed on soft, nutritious food, such as bran 

 mashes, ground feed, and gruels. A bucket of clear, cool water 

 should be kept constantly in the manger, so that the animal may 

 drink or rinse the mouth at its pleasure, and it will be found bene- 

 ficial to dissolve 2 heaping tablespoonfuls of borax or 1 tablespoonful 

 of potassium chlorate in each of the first two buckets of water taken 

 during the day. If the animals are gentle enough to be handled, the 

 mouth should be swabbed out daily with antiseptic washes, such as a 

 2 per cent solution of carbolic acid or of creolin, or a 1 per cent solu- 

 tion of lysol or of permanganate of potash, or 1 part of hydrogen 

 peroxid to 2 parts of water. This should be followed by astringents, 

 such as one-half tablespoonful of alum, borax, or chlorate of potash 

 placed on the tongue. Probably a more satisfactory method of ad- 

 ministering the antiseptic treatment to a large number of animals 

 would be to mix thoroughly 2 teaspoonfuls of pure carbolic acid 

 every morning in a quart of bran mash and give to each affected 

 animal for a period of five days. Range cattle may be more readily 

 treated by the use of medicated salt placed in troughs accessible to 

 the animals. This salt may be prepared by pouring 4 ounces of 

 crude carbolic acid upon 12 quarts of ordinary barrel salt, after 

 which they are thoroughly mixed. The lesions of the feet should be 

 treated with a 2 per cent solution of carbolic acid or of creolin. 

 while the fissures and other lesions of the skin will be benefited by the 

 application of carbolized vaseline or zinc ointment. If the animals 

 are treated in this manner and carefully fed the disease will rapidly 

 disappear. 



