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eyes and mouth and nostrils with dilute alum water : 

 burn or bury in quicklime any casualties. 

 Rinderpest. — (Bosonto) more virulent and deadly than foot 

 and mouth : notify at once : see veterinary handbook, 

 or call in veterinary officer. When in your district it is 

 well to have all your horned cattle inoculated at once, 



you may lose one or two by this ; but . 



Swollen Hump and Sores. — When due to heavy draught work 

 " don't " stop the animal's work entirely or the swelling 

 may remain a permanent disfigurement, put on " light 

 duty " and massage thoroughly every evening with 

 kharwa-ki-tel. For sores on hump and neck stop work 

 entirely, look to fitting of yokes if necessary, put on 

 sheepskin or numdah pads. If justifiable fine the bullock 

 driver and the jemadar if he has neglected to report, 

 and choke off your Indian Overseer. Dress the sores 

 with carbolic oil, look out for worms, if any soak some 

 tow in diluted phenyl and put in the cavity, protect from 

 sun and flies but don't exclude air, diet ; when the sores 

 are dry rub over with sulphate copper, start work easily. 

 Once more remember " prevention is better than cure " 

 and if you are caught act quickly and thoroughly. 

 There is a small Handbook on Treatment of Cattle- 

 Diseases, issued to most farms in India by the Quarter- 

 master-General in India Department, which will be found 

 very useful. I think it is a Government Press Publication. 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



Machinery, Implements, and their Care. — The quan- 

 tity and nature of the machinery will vary with the size and 

 wo'rk of the farm. 



Boilers. — One or more, when not in use, keep covered 

 and clean, bright, and working parts smeared with burnt oil. 

 Never empty a boiler while under prdssure or while any fire 



