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a syringe, sponge, or linen rag filled witli it, and carried thither 

 by a small hand, well fomented with some of the foregoing arti- 

 cles for that purpose. Let the beast be kept moderately warm, 

 and in a comfortable situation, allowing her at all times a plenti- 

 ful supply of good, dry, and sweet litter." 



This method of management in preternatural contractions of 

 the passage, is recommended by Mr. Eowlin; but much will, 

 of course, depend, in every case, on the judicious observations 

 of experienced judges. 



THE CESAREAN OPERATION, 



Which is that wherein it is impossible to deliver the cow of 

 her calf, and save her life, and thus lose cow and calf together, 

 is sometimes resorted to to save the calf, if of great value. It is 

 simply that of cutting open the belly of the cow, and taking the 

 calf from the womb while the cow still lives, and immediately 

 afterwards killing her as if for common slaughter. The opera- 

 tion is a most repulsive, not to say a cruel one, but the pain is 

 short, and sometimes the operation valuable in results. We 

 have seen, in this country, a valuable blooded calf which was so 

 saved at birth, but it has only been resorted to under the most 

 desperate circumstances. Youatt twice attempted a thing of 

 the kind, and was unsuccessful in saving the life of either cow 

 or calf in both cases, as he states it; and he had heard of only 

 one successful case of the kind by another surgeon. Our own 

 flock master has saved several lambs by that operation, where, 

 if neglected, both ewe and lamb would have been lost. The 

 ewes died, of course, but the lambs grew up to fine healthy sheep. 

 A case of this kind with cows, seldom occurs, and it is only men- 

 tioned here as among the possibilities. — L. F. A. 



SWELLING OF THE UDDER. 



Cows are generally attacked by this complaint about the period 

 of calving, and the swelling is sometimes so considerable as to 

 cause an abscess to form. Immediately it is perceived, take a 

 pound of Epsom salts, dissolved in a quart of gruel, to which a 

 httle castor or linseed oil may be added. The swollen udder 



