60 THE FARMER S GUIDE. 



Remedy. — Take 2 qts. horse-radish, cut fine, and add 

 ■1 lb. ginger; feed 1 pt. each day, with bran, meal, or po- 

 tatoes. Another: take ^ lb. of the root of the bitter- 

 sweet herb, add \ lb. fresh butter or lard ; boil 15 min- 

 utes, make a salve, anoint the bag morning and evening, 

 keeping the animal warm. 



KICKING COW. 



Put the cow in a uaiTOw stable,, confine her head as 

 high as can conveniently be done, and in this position 

 milk her a few times. After this, choose some place in 

 the yard where you wish always to milk her, and she 

 will soon become quiet while milking. 



00\NS HOLDING UP THEIR MILK. 



The only remedy found for cows holding up their 

 milk, is by continuing to milk for a long time ; the cow 

 will soon become weary and give her milk as usual. 



TO PREVENT A COW FROM SUCKING 

 HERSELF. 



Take soot and aloes, or a wash of aloes alone, and ap- 

 ply it to the teats night and morning (after milking) for 

 a few days. 



GONADS DRYING UP SUDDENLY. 



This may be caused by taking a sudden cold, obstruct- 

 ing the urinary organs. 



Remedy. — Take -J oz. cream of tartar, i oz. saltpetre, 

 and give blood-warm ; feed for a few days with pump- 

 kins, carrots, green conistalks, or other succulent vege- 

 tables. 



MILKING. 



It is of much importance that milking should be done 

 regularly, quickly, and, if possible, by the same hand. 

 Too much care can not be taken that the cow be milked 

 clean ; if this is not done, the quantity becomes less, and 

 she will soon be diied up. Frequently cows are milked 

 early in the morning and late at night, which is very in- 

 jurious, especially in the Ir ngest days of summer, though 

 in the heat of summer they ought to be milked suffi- 

 ciently early in the morning to enable them to fill them- 

 selves before the extreme heat of the day commencofl ; 



