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followed the supplemental use of lime given in the drinking water. 

 One peck of lime slaked in a cask of water and additional water 

 added from time to time is satisfactory and can be provided at slight 

 expense. This treatment may be supplemented by giving a tabl&- 

 spoonful of powdered bone meal in each feed, with free access to a 

 large piece of rock salt, or the bone meal may be given with four 

 tablespoon fuls of molasses mixed with the feed. Feeds containing 

 mineral salts, such as beans, cowpeas, oats, and cotton-seed meal, 

 may prove beneficial in replenishing the bony substance that is be- 

 ing absorbed. Cotton-seed meal is one of the best feeds for this pur- 

 pose, but it should be fed carefully. The animal should not be 

 allowed to work at all during the active stage of the disease, nor 

 should it be used for breeding purposes. 



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