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Remedy. — Let the beast he separated from all others 

 (as this disorder is contagious) ; give cooling, opening 

 medicines, as the following : take 2 oz. cream of tartar, 

 1 oz. nitre, 4 drams calomel, and i pt. molasses, and 

 give in 3 equal parts w^ithin 24 hours. Another : take 

 a card and carefully remove any loose scurf, then give 

 the physic prescribed in the last article ; after this, make 

 an ointment of A pt. olive-oil, \ pt. spirits of turpen- 

 tine, i lb. sulphur, i lb. hog's lard, and rub the parts 

 affected every other day. Another: after moderately 

 purging, take -i lb. lard, 2 oz. sulphur, i pt. tar, 1 pt. cas- 

 tor or linseed oil, make into an ointment, and apply to 

 the parts affected. 



LOSS OF CUD. 



This is sometimes occasioned by previous disease, 

 which leaves the animal debilitated, or by indigestion or 

 sudden injuries. Where there is but little fever, give a 

 small dose of salts and ginger, or take i pt. gin and 2 oz. 

 ginger; make a cud of boiled clover, or take a cud from 

 another beast and divide it. Afterward make a decoc- 

 tion of oak bark, hoarhound, and balm, and give for one 

 day with dry food. 



TAIL DISEASE. 



This is a rotting or drying up of the end of the 

 tail in young cattle. By cutting off the tail just above 

 the decayed part and letting it bleed freely, or by slitting 

 the end of it, the disease will generally be removed. 



BLACK-LEG. 



This malady is known by several names, such as 

 black-blood, blood-striking, and blind-blood. It gener- 

 ally attacks young cattle that are kept high, or it is 

 caused by a sudden change from poor to rich food, or 

 eating unwholesome plants. 



Symptojns. — In its first stages the eyes are red and 

 protruding, with high fever, wildness, weakness and 

 staggering of the hinder parts, starting suddenly, lying 

 down and rising again quickly. As the disease advances, 

 the breath is short, producing heaving of the flanks, legs 



