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daubing the udder with filthy ointments; it is quite 

 sufficient to bathe and syringe with warm water two 

 or three times a day, which will prevent the accu- 

 mulation of matter; and if the healing process 

 goes on languidly, a mixture of spirit and water, 

 or a solution of white vitriol may be injected. 



Cows that are near calving should be attended 

 to with reference to their complaint; and if it is ob- 

 served to be coming on, they should be bled, and 

 milked. They should be kept in a bare pasture, 

 or put into a cow house and be allowed but little 

 hay, and a little of the linament above mentioned, 

 or some other emollient ointment made use of to 

 soften the udder. 



What by some is called the Snarled Bag, or 

 Swelled Udder, requires no other treatment than 

 rubbing the part with elder ointment, and as the 

 complaint is merely temporary, from the extension 

 of the milk vessels, and is, in fact, a proof of a 

 good milker, it will soon yield to this application. 



Wounds of Cattle. 



The wounds of cattle are most commonly caus- 

 ed by goring each other with their horns, or by 

 breaking over fences; and, when deep or extensive, 

 are generally followed with considerable inflam- 

 mation. The treatment of these wounds, though 

 represented by farriers as an intricate and mysteri- 

 ous branch of the art, is, in fact, extremely simple. 

 When the wound is considerable, and some impor- 

 tant parts have been injured, the irritating treat- 

 ment commonly adopted by farriers, often destroys 

 the animal; and in slighter wounds, their stimulat- 

 ing applications rather tend to retard, than promote 

 recovery. In deep and extensive wounds, affect- 



