FARM DAIRYING 



UNTHRIFTY HEIFERS 



First give dose of salts (^ pound). Take 

 equal parts of sulphate of iron, gentian, ginger, 

 nuxvomica, and carbonate of soda. Mix and give 

 a heaping tablespoonful three times daily in one 

 pint of cold water. 



FOR LICE ON CATTLE 



Mix one part of hellebore or insect powder with 

 three parts of cement, and dust along the backs of 

 the cattle. This makes a good insecticide. Slaked 

 lime sprinkled on the cattle is also good. 



RED WATER 



Cause: — Pasturing on low swampy land, and 

 another form, called parturient red water, may 

 appear about the time of calving. 



Symptoms: — Urine reddish color, and a gen- 

 eral unthriftiness. ' 



Treatment : — Feed well and give one ounce 

 tincture of iron and 4 drams chlorate of potash in 

 a pint of cold water as a drench three times daily 

 as long as necessary. 



BURYING DISEASED ANIMALS 



When burying an animal which has died of any 

 contagious disease, put half a barrel of fresh lime 

 over it. 



Crystals of copper sulphate may be usedi 

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