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Remedi/, — Take 1 pt. gin and \ pt. molasses, and give 

 at one dose. Another : take 2 oz. salts tartar and l2 oz. 

 JEpsom salts, dissolve in 6 qts. of water, and give four 

 times a day in four equal parts. Another: bleed mod- 

 erately, and give 6 oz. castor-oil or i lb. fresh butter in 



1 qt. of warm water. Another : give 2 oz. castor-oil, and 



2 oz. fresh butter, in 1 quart new milk. Another : give 

 1 pt linseed-oil and 1 pt. molasses. Give salt freely in 

 all cases. 



CHOKING. 



Turnips and potatoes, and some other substances, often 

 lodge in the throat of cattle, and are sometimes difficult 

 to remove. "When the obstruction is in the throat (after 

 the head of the animal is secured, and precaution taken 

 to prevent the arm being bitten by the animal) the hand 

 can remove it, but when it is farther down, near the 

 stomach, it can be removed by some one of the following 



Kemedies. — Give a pint of strong soap-suds, holding 

 the head high. Another : sometimes by stopping the 

 breath a moment by holding the windpipe, and starting 

 the animal very suddenly, the obstruction will be carried 

 down. Another: should the substance that causes the 

 obstruction be of a soft character, and lay high in the 

 neck, place a smooth block on one side of the throat, 

 and strike gently on the other side with a mallet, by 

 which it will be crushed, and dislodged. Unless great 

 care be taken, the throat will be injured and inflamma- 

 tion produced. Another: as a last resort, take a small 

 pliable willow, |^ of an inch thick, and 4 feet long; round 

 it smoothly at the end, and wrap tow or cotton firmly 

 round it, about the size of a small hen's e^^ ; wet it in 

 soap-suds, and push it down the throat very gently, and 

 the obstruction will be carried into the stomach. Care 

 ought be taken that all hard substances should be cut 

 fine, and the cattle not disturbed while eating. 



COUGHS, COLDS, AND HOOSE. 



These are common among cattle, and first show them- 

 selves by the eyes looking heavy, mouth dry, heaves in 

 the flank, loss of flesh attended with a cough or wheez- 

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