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green feed. Remove the sick animal to quiet, warm 

 quarters, restrict the feed to rather small quantities of 

 good oat hay and dry bran, and administer a dose of 

 warm, raw linseed oil, one-quarter cupful, and one tea- 

 spoonful of turpentine, together. Follow in an hour 

 with one 30-grain sulphocarbolate tablet. This treat- 

 ment will usually correct the trouble promptly. Give 

 the animal only warm water to drink, in small quantities 

 at a time, offered frequently. 



Colds and Coughs. — These minor ailments, like 

 pneumonia, are most often the result of an animal being 

 shipped about. They usually yield readily to the treat- 

 ment outlined above for other ailments — quiet, warmth, 

 a dose of oil and a slightly laxative diet. To induce the 

 animal to drink plenty of water, offer it frequently, fresh 

 and quite warm. A sickness called " shipping fever " 

 often manifests itself in a herd upon the arrival of a 

 new member via the train. It runs through the herd as a 

 cough of more or less persistence, and can be treated 

 only as other coughs. It disappears in time. 



Abscesses. — If abscesses appear, as they occasion- 

 ally do around the jaws and throat of goats, watch them 

 until a soft spot appears in the center of the lump. Then 

 wash the place off with disinfectant; use a sterilized, 

 sharp knife point, and lance, cutting a rather large slit. 

 Press out the pus, wash with disinfectant, using a swab 



