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The three others, that fed on green corn, are suffering from indi- 

 gestion, and will be relieved bj opening the bowels and changing the 

 diet. To secure the first named object, give to each four or five 

 drachms of Barbadoes aloes. Allow them to drink at will of water 

 with the chill taken off, and give no food but sloppy bran mashea 

 until the purging has ceased, when they may be gradually restored 

 to a diet of sound grain (oats' preferable) and hay. 



In answer to Mr. Shippman's queries, it may be stated : 



First — That the milder forms oi poll evil can be thoroughly cured^ 

 while in the more severe cases, thougli a cure can be affected, the part 

 is greatly impaired in structure, and there is a constant tendency to 

 its recurrence on the slightest possible cause. 



Second — As soon as the presence of matter can be detected by its 

 fluctuation, a free incision should be made to evacuate it. Either this 

 or another opening should be made from the lowest point of the sac, 

 in a downward direction, toward the surface of the body, so that all 

 matter may run off as soon as formed. If, with this, the head is kept 

 in an elevated position, the milder forms will get well. In the severe 

 forms, the sac should further be injected twice or thrice a week with 

 a solution of one scruple of chloride of zinc to a pint of water. In the 

 worst cases, with extensive destruction of the ligaments or bones, 

 further surgical interference is wanted ; but as tliis could only be 

 undertaken by some one intimately conversant witli the anatomy of 

 the part, it would be useless to refer further to it here. During the 

 progress of treatment everything should be done to secure vigorous 

 health in the patient, and especially to keep the bowels modei-ately 

 active by occasional sloppy bran mashes and roots. In no case, dur- 

 ing treatment, nor in any but the very mildest, after recovery even, 

 should the animal be allowed to feed from the ground, or to keep the 

 head, from any cause, habitually at a lower level tlian the body. 



Thh'd — A good book on the diseases of the domestic animal is at 

 present a desideratum. " Gamgee's Domestic Animals in Health 

 and Disease " is, so far as it goes, perhaps, the best extant. It is pub- 

 lished by Maclachlan & Stewart, Edinburgh, and Simpkin, Marshal 

 & Co., Lotidon, and may be obtained through any bookseller. 



How TO Tamk a Bog Meadow. 

 Mr. O. Snowberger, Quincey, Pa. — We have a spot of meadow 

 upon which rough grass has grown probably for forty years. Some 

 five years ago I spread thinly over it some natural ground, dragged 



