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and other disorders. The following are generally used 

 for remedies : rosin, gin, cream of tartar, tui-pentine, to- 

 bacco, saltpetre, carrots, turnips, apples, potash, pump- 

 kins, and green corn-stalks. Care should be had that 

 too large doses are not given. 



BLACK TONGUE. 



This is not a very common disease, but it is difficult to 

 cure unless taken in its first stages. None pretend to 

 account for the cause of this complaint ; it generally ra- 

 ges in very cold weather, and among cattle that are 

 poorly fed. 



Symiitoms. — Dizziness, dulness of the eyes ; the tongue 

 is very much swollen and of a black color; it continues 

 to swell until it cracks, and the disease extends to the 

 vital parts, and the animal soon dies. Much can be done 

 by way of prevention. When it appears in the neigh- 

 borhood, cattle ought to have their bowels kept open 

 by gentle purgatives, and kept apart from those that are 

 diseased, and fed twice a day on turnips or potatoes. 



Remedy. — When it first makes its appearance, put the 

 beast in a warm stable ; take the inside bark of white- 

 pine, boil it i an hour, add 2 oz. cream of tartar, and 

 wash the mouth freely ; take a small quantity of blood 

 from the neck, and give -J lb. Epsom salts ; in 2 hours 

 give 2 qts. weak tar-water, and repeat it every 8 hours. 



HORN-AIL, OR HOLLOW HORN. 



This disorder usually attacks cattle in the spring, after 

 a severe winter, and likewise those that are in low flesh, 

 or those that have been over-worked and exposed to 

 severe storms, or reduced by other diseases, or predis- 

 posed to take it. 



Symptoms. — Eyes dull and discharging yellow matter, 

 dizziness, loss of appetite, shaking of the head, bloody 

 urine, coldness of the horns, stupidity, and great debility. 



Remedy. — When the symptoms first appear, house in 

 a warm stable, rub spirits of turpentine and vinegar, in 

 equal parts, round the roots of the horns and back of the 

 ears ; take a double horse-blanket and girt the animal ; 

 bleeding is sometimes resorted to, but it is very danger- 

 ous and often fatal ; take 1 oz. saltpetre, 4 oz. Epsom 



