FARM DAIRYING 



four times a day. If the brain be affected, douche 

 the head with cold water or apply ice. 



TUBERCULOSIS 



Symptoms: — A dry cough, without other con- 

 stitutional disturbances, indicates tuberculosis of 

 the lungs. A cow losing flesh gradually and be- 

 coming generally unthrifty-looking, may have the 

 disease in any organ. The only safe way to know 

 if the herd be free from this very contagious dis- 

 ease is by having the animals tested with tuber- 

 culin. 



If any react, they should be put in a stable by 

 themselves, and the building where they have been 

 kept disinfected. 



If only slightly affected, the animals may be 

 fattened and sold to the butcher, for the meat is 

 said to be wholesome. 



The milk, especially if the udder be suspected 

 of being diseased, should be scalded for the use 

 of either man or beast. There is no known cure. 

 The only way is to test the cows, and keep those 

 free of disease rigidly apart from the others. 

 Drinking from the same trough, eating from the 

 same stall, are easy means of spreading the dis- 

 ease. 



If the cow be a valuable one, and the disease is 

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