BLACKLEG. 



and the tissues have a strong butyric odour. The best and fattest 

 calves are the ones which usually become affected. If the animal is 

 skinned it will have the appearance of having been beaten with a 

 club. The flesh, in addition to its- highly inflamed appearance, will 

 have spots here and there of free blood which has escaped from the 

 vessels. Despite what science has done for us in this disease, every 

 i'armer should have in a secure nook on his farm a few plants of 

 garlic. It may be an old preventive against blackleg, but it is a very 

 good one indeed. 



