42 THE farmer's guide. 



ing, and indisposition to eat; and often tlie dung and 

 water fly from the animal in small quantities. 



Remedy. — The disease will sometimes abate by keep- 

 ing the animal warmly housed, and giving warm drinks 

 made of catnip, sage, or pennyroyal, with a good supply 

 of molasses added. Another : take 1 oz. elecampane, 

 2 oz. liquorice, 2 oz. honey, and i pt. molasses ; add 1 qt. 

 warm water, mix, and give after 6 hours' fasting. An- 

 other : if the the disease has been of long standing, or if 

 it has fallen upon the lungs, and is attended with fever, 

 in the first place draw 1 qt. of blood j after which take 

 4 oz. liverwort, 4 oz. cream of tartar, 2 oz. of nitre, and 

 1 oz. of saftron ; boil them together 10 minutes, in 2 qts. 

 of water, strain, and give warm, half at once, and half 

 8 hours after. Should the disease still continue, take 

 1 oz. saffron, 2 oz. liquorice-root, 1 dram squills, ^ pt. 

 molasses, and 2 qts. of water; mix, divide into 4 parts, 

 and give one every 12 hours. 



QUINSY. 



At the beginning of this disease the beast slavers much, 

 thrusts out its head, and appears languid. Let the ani- 

 mal be brought into a warm stable, and the glands of the 

 throat rubbed with the following ointment : equal parts 

 of spirits of turpentine, linseed-oil, and hartshorn. It 

 ought to be applied four times a day. If it is necessary to 

 open the swelling, make a wash of 1 oz. alum and i oz. 

 camphor, and occasionally wash the wound until it is 

 well. 



NA^OUNDS. 



Much depends upon the nature of the part where the 

 wound is received. If it is in a fleshy part, endeavor to 

 keep the wound sufiiciently open to allow any matter 

 that may collect to escape ; if it is a bony part that is in- 

 jured, keep the wound together by adhesive plasters. 

 Slight wounds in cattle are healed very readily by ap- 

 plying the yolk of a fresh e^g and turpentine twice a 

 day. Another ; take 4 oz. linseed oil, 3 oz. fine salt, -J 

 pt. molasses, 1 oz. copperas; boil 10 minutes, let it stand 

 until nearly cold, add 3 oz. tuipentine and J an oz. oil 

 of vitriol; make the whole into a salve, and bind on a 



