x CONTENTS. 



Sec. 2. Colic— Flatulent Colic — Inflammation of the Bowels— Superpurgation 

 — Diarrhea* — Constipation — Worms — Bots — Inflammation'of the Kidneys — 

 Profuse Staling — Inflammation of the Bladder — Retention of Urine — Bloody 

 Urine— Inflammation of the Brain — Vertigo— Sun-stroke. . . . . 498 



Sec. 3. Spinal Meningitis — Paralysis — Lock-jaw — Stringhalt— Thumps — Lym- 

 phangitis — Weed — Monday Morning Leg — Peritonitis — Indigestion— Acidity 

 of the Stomach— Acute Indigestion 524 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



Sec. 1. The Foot— Pricking in Shoeing — Stepping on Nails, Glass, etc.— Foot 

 Lameness — Seedy Toe-^Graveling — Bruise of the Sole — Treads, or Calks — 

 Overreach — Quittor — Thrush— Canker. 586 



Sec. 2. Sprains, Bruises, etc.-^-Sprain of the Back Tendons — Breaking Down 

 — Sprain of the Fetlock — Shoulder Lameness — Sweeney — Hip Lameness — 

 Knuckling Over — Broken Knees, or Open Joint— Fractures — Dislocation of 

 Patella — Stifle-joint Lameness 548 



Sec. 3. Cuts or Wounds— Sore Mouth — Fistula of the Withers — Poll-evil — 

 Diseases of the Eye — Dropsy— Swelled Legs 568 



Sec. 4. Diseases-of the Skin — Surfeit — Nettle Rash, Hives, etc. — Mange — Hen 

 Lice — Ring-worm — Scratches— Grease — Tumors — Sallenders — Saddle and 

 Collar Galls — Tenotomy — Castration — Parturition — Counter-irritants — Fo- 

 mentations — Poultices — The Pulse — Giving Balls—Physicking — Bleeding — 

 Setons — The Rowel '■ — Tracheotomy — Embrocations — Liniments — Rheuma- 

 tism, Acute and Chronic — Warts. . . . . . ' . . . 592 



PART SECOND. 



ID JL. I IR "ST 12*- o. 



CHAPTER 1. 

 Breeds of Cattle. 



Importance of the Dairying Interest — Desirable Points in a Cow — The Milk Es- 

 cutcheon — The Several Varieties of Cattle — Short-horns — Long-horns — 

 Polled Cattle. 643 



CHAPTER II. 



Feeding Cows. ' 



Influence of Feeding on the Production of Milk — Importance of Care in Selec- 

 tion of Food — Value of Air and Exercise — Best Kinds of Food — Artificial 

 Feeding — Regulation of Food. . : 662 . 



CHAPTER III. 



Milking— Raising Calves. 



Milking To-day and in the Past — Stripping — Sore Teats— Importance of Cleanli- 

 ness in Milking— Calving — Feed and Treatment before and during Calving 

 —Rearing of Calves — Anti-sucking Devices. . . . . . .658 



