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or other laxative food, and if this is not sufficient, a pound or 

 two of treacle two or three times a week. The latter is very 

 fattening and worth the cost as a food. 



COW POX, 



A disease of a mild type accompanied by eruptions on the 

 teats and about the udder. 



Cause. — While it is well known to be infectious it would 

 appear to arise spontaneously in some stalled animals which 

 have had no contact with others. Specific diseases are said by 

 the most advanced scientists never to arise de novo, although we 

 may be unable to trace the source of infection. 



Treatment. — The attack is often so mild that nothing is 

 done in the way of treatment. The milk of cows so affected is 

 not considered fit for consumption, and most of the large dealers 

 attach a penalty to "their contracts in case of any being sent. 



Some falling off m the quantity of milk makes it worth 

 while to take measures to restore the animals as soon as possible. 

 The sores should be bathed wnth warm water in which a little 

 boracic acid has been dissolved. If the sores are indisposed to 

 heal they may have a dressing of burnt alum after each milking, 

 and should the teat get blocked, the syphon should be passed 

 and the milk drawn off to prevent garget. 



Prevention. — As soon as one cow is affected she should be 

 removed from the herd and given a mild dose of salts. The 

 same attendant who handled her should have nothing to do with 

 the milking cows, nor should the same pails or other implements 

 be used. The sheds may be washed down with some disin- 

 fectant. 



CRAMP. 



Cramp in cattle is generally the result of lying on hard 

 stone or cobble floors with insufficient bedding, and the cure is 

 in the hands of the attendant if he is allowed as much litter as is 

 required. Damp situations engender cramp, in a form which 

 cannot at first be distino:uished from rheumatism. 



