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one or two days after calving seldom get better, but ftft«r thai 

 time there is more cnance of recovery. 



Symptoms. — At first there is a wild, glary appearance of th« 

 eyes, and when you go to milk her there will be very little milk ii 

 the bag, which, in most cases, seems soft and flabby. In trying 

 to walk she has a staggering gait. These symptoms will gradu- 

 ally get worse; saliva will run from her mouth, and she will seen 

 greatly excited ; keeps staggering, and acts like a drunken man. 

 Finally she gets down, and is unable to rise; her head is turned 

 around to her side ; her ears are lopped over, and her eyes nom 

 have a peculiar, dull, glassy appearance ; the pupils of the eyej 

 are enlarged; she breathes a little heavy; her nose is dry, an<2 

 she does not take any notice of things around her. If you go to 

 milk her only a little will come out at a time. There is very littli 

 or no passage from the bowels, and if you prick her with a pin 

 she cannot feel it. A few hours after this, if she does not get 

 relief, she becomes delirious, moans heavy, lies stretched out, and 

 keeps tossing her head about The bag keeps getting softer, and 

 after a while, when you try to milk her, you cannot get any. 

 She gradually gets worse and soon dies. We will relate a case 

 where a cow was stricken with milk fever, and owing to the 

 distance we had to go, when called to treat the case, it took four 

 hours to reach her from the time she took sick, and on arriving 

 Mhe was breathing her last. This shows the necessity of evety 

 stockowner understanding this disease thoroughly, so he can 

 trcAt them as soon as they are noticed sick ; for this is the onlj 

 va|r to treat milk fever successfully. 



Treatment. — The treatment must be quick in order to be eflfect- 



tive. If the cow is on her feet and able to swallow without difficulty, 



give the following drench : — 



Epsom Salts 1 pound. 



Bitter Aloes 1 ounce. 



Nitrate of Potash, or Saltpetre 1 large teaspoonful. 



Common Soda and Ginger 1 tablespoonful each. 



Mix in a quart of lukewarm water and give as a drench. Put 

 the cow in a cool, airy stable, and tie a bag, with broken ice, to the 

 head between the horns, keeping the ice to the head until she is re- 

 lieved. Milk her dry, and sponge the bag thoroughly with warm 

 water so as to soften and clean it. Take a pint of clean boiling water, 

 allow it to cool down to lukewarm, to this add fifty grains of iodide 

 of potassium and stir thoroughly until dissolved. By the aid of a 



