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mouth at its pleasure, and it will be found beneficial to dissolve 2 

 heaping tablespoonfuls of borax or 1 tablespoonful of potassium 

 chlorate in each of the first two buckets of water taken during the 

 day. If the animals are gentle enough to be handled, the mouth 

 should be swabbed out daily with antiseptic washes, such as a 2 per 

 cent solution of carbolic acid or of creolin, or a 1 per cent solution of 

 lysol or of permanganate of potash, or 1 part of hydrogen peroxide to 

 2 parts of water. This should be followed by astringents, such as 

 one-half tablespoonful of alum, borax, or chlorate of potash placed on 

 the tongue. Probably a more satisfactory method of administering 

 the antiseptic treatment to a large number of animals would be to 

 mix thoroughly 2 teaspoonfuls of pure carbolic acid every morning 

 in a quart of bran mash and give to each affected animal for a period 

 of five days. Range cattle may be more readily treated by the use of 

 medicated salt placed in troughs accessible to the animals. This salt 

 may be prepared by pouring 4 ounces of crude carbolic acid upon 12 

 quarts of ordinary barrel salt, after which they are thoroughly mixed. 

 The lesions of the feet should be treated with a 2 per cent solution of 

 carbolic acid or of creolin, while the fissures and other lesions of the 

 skin will be benefited by the application of carbolized vaseline or zinc 

 ointment. If the animals are treated in this manner and carefully 

 fed the disease will rapidly disappear. 



