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CONTENTS. 



NEAT CATTLE— page. 



Cream 61 



Churning the whole Milk 61 



Cheese 61 



Rennet 61 



I) lying up a Cow 62 



Treatinent of Calves 62 



Scours in Calves -. 63 



Hoose in Calves 63 



THE SHEEP 63 



JIanagement of Sheep duiing the 



Spring 64 



Management of Sheep in Summer 65 

 Management of Shoep duiing Au- 

 tumn 65 



Management of Sheep in Winter.. 65 



Feeding Sheep in Winter 66 



Management of Sheep at Yeaning- 



time 67 



Management of Lambs 67 



Weaning 68 



Castration of Lambs 68 



Washing Sheep 68 



Shearing 69 



To prevent Sheep from taking Cold 



after Shearing 69 



To learn the Age of Sheep 69 



PLacks, JNIangers, Feeding-Trouglis. 69 



Sheep-Bams, or Shelters 70 



Diseases m Sheep 70 



Rot 70 



Foot-rot 71 



FUes on Sheep 71 



I Ace and Ticks on Sheep 71 



Stageers 71 



Sturdy, or Water in the Head 72 



Scab 73 



Scours, or Diarrhcsa : . . . 73 



Scours in Lambs 73 



Dysentery 74 



Foul Noses 74 



Sore Eyes 74 



Caked Bag 74 



Hoven 75 



Costiveness 75 



Colds and Influenza 75 



Inflammation of the Lungs 75 



Inflammation of the Brain 75 



Pelt-Rot 76 



Small -Pox, or Cow-Pox 76 



Sore and swollen Moulh 76 



Wounds and Cuts 76 



Fevers 76 



Docking Sheep and Lambs 77 



Stretches 77 



Gad-Flies, Worms, or Maggots in 



the Head 77 



Poison 78 



Bleeding 78 



To prot(!Ct Sheep and Lambs from 



Dogs, Foxes, and Wolves 79 



SWINE 79 



Breeding 79 



Manag(!ment of Pigs 80 



General Management of Swine 80 



SWINE PAGE. 



Pens 80 



Fattening 80 



Diseases of Swine 82 



Measles 82 



Issues 82 



Quinsy 85 



Sore Throat 83 



Colds, Coughs, and Inflammation 



of the Brain 83 



Rupture 83 



Scours 83 



Blind Staggers 84 



Bruises and Cuts 84 



Swellings 84 



Catarrh 84 



Itch, Scab, or Mange 84 



Fevers £4 



Costiveness 85 



Kidney- Worm 85 



Swine-Pox 85 



Black Teeth 85 



Murrain 85. 



Universal Specific 86 



Physic • 86 



Bleeding. 86 



Preventing Swine from rooting... 86 



POULTRY 86 



Hens 87 



Food 87 



Hen-House 88 



Breeding 88 



Diseases of Hens t 89 



Gapes or Pip 89 



Roup, Croup, and Catarrh 89 



Costiveness 89 



Flux, or Looseness 89 



Lice 89 



Geese 89 



Turkeys 90 



Ducks 90 



Doves, or Pigeons 9i 



Canary and other Birds 91 



THE DOG 91 



Cold 91 



Purgative Drink for Dogs 92 



Dog Distemijer 92 



Dog-Ail 92 



Rabies, or Madness 92 



THE BEE 93 



Consti-uction of a Bee-hive 93 



Improved Machine for feeding ^ees 94 



To hive Bees 94 



To take the Honey without de- 

 stroying the Bees 95 



To destroy the Bee-Miller 05 



Preserving old Hives 95 



Winter Management ,95 



. Spring Management 96 



To cultivate Bee-Flowers 97 



To manage Bees generally 97 



To purify Honey 98 



CHOICE FRUITS 99 



Agricultural Societies and Fairs 100 



