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ropes drawn backwards and forwards between the 

 hoofs; hot irons; cutting out the part affected, and 

 pouring into the wound, so made, hot pitch and oth- 

 er ingredients; scraping out the wound, and apply- 

 ing spirits of turpentine; in short all remedies of 

 torture, should be at once discarded, and a simple 

 mode of ascertaining the cause, and then remov- 

 ing the evil in the most expeditious and humane 

 manner be substituted. 



No inconvenience is known to occur from keep- 

 ing an ox at work, if the lameness is not so great 

 as to impair his condition; and it generally yields to 

 three or four applications in the foot where it began; 

 but frequently it must be followed round all the 

 feet in succession. 



We have been the more particular in our descrip- 

 tion of this disorder, and the remedies recommen- 

 ded on account of its alleged frequency in theUnited 

 States. If the simple and cheap remedies recom- 

 mended by Dr. Skellett, viz. soft soap, common tur- 

 pentine, tar, and spirits of turpentine will answer 

 the purpose, attributed to them by that writer, the 

 discovery will be highly valuable. 

 On the management of CowSy when they are near the 

 time of calving. 



The diseases, which most commonly occur at 

 this time, are strangury, or difficulty in voiding 

 urine, and costiveness; and these it maybe highly 

 necessary to attend to, as they may, if neg-lected, 

 be the cause of the cow slipping her calf. When 

 strangury is a.ccompanicd with costiveness, which 

 is generally the case, and is often the cause of the 

 complaints, the bowels must be opened by a laxa- 

 tive composed of a pound of epsom salts dissolved 

 in a quart of gruel, a clyster should also be given, 



