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may be used and the hand passed over the base 

 of the tongue and the object grasped and re- 

 moved. It is quite difficult and in most cases 

 impossible to locate the choke in cows, but if 

 possible a firm massage with pressure directed 

 upward may do some good, and if judgment is 

 used no harm will result. Do not take two hard 

 objects, such as stones or bricks, and strike them 

 together over the seat of the choke in an attempt 

 to crush whatever may be the cause. This will 

 produce injury to the gullet worse than the choke, 

 and besides, it is barbarous. Do not run a whip- 

 stock or broomstock down the throat in an effort 

 to dislodge the choke; this is dangerous. We 

 have obtained the best results the past few years 

 by administering apomorphine hydrochloride hy- 

 podermically. In our experience any choke that 

 can not be relieved by this method, can not be 

 relieved by any other by which the animal's life 

 may be saved. Meddlesome interference in such 

 cases as these is dangerous. Do not attempt to 

 drench a cow when in this condition, as she may 

 breathe in some of the drench and die. 



Depraved Appetite. 



This condition is also known as pica. It is 

 an abnormal appetite for foreign bodies and in- 

 digestible substances. Cows so affected will eat 

 old shoes, rags, wire, manure, stalks and any 

 other indigestible substances that they may hap- 

 pen to procure. This affects the family cow 

 much more often than it does cows that are in a 



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