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will occur and the animal go right on feeding. It don't 

 appear to produce any sickness for any length of time. 

 Now, it occurs the most frequently about the fourth 

 month, although it will occur all the way through. If 

 it is true that it is caused by a germ, we must admit 

 that it is contagious, and Mr. Boyd's suggestions are 

 entirely correct. The remedy is by quarantine, don't 

 let any other animal come anywhere near and thor- 

 oughly disinfect, clean out all the straw and bedding 

 and whitewash the stalls. You must keep it under, 

 or it will make you lots of trouble. One very serious 

 question about this thing is, that after the foetus has 

 passed away these germs will remain and how long 

 they will remain is something we don't know, but 

 undoubedly quite a time. There should be a course of 

 treatment that will effectually kill all germs that may 

 be remaining. I do not know of a better plan for dis- 

 infecting the animal than by selecting a little keg or 

 can, holding probably two gallons, attaching a rubber 

 tube to it three or four yards long, a naif inch tube, 

 and hang it above the cow, insert that into the 

 vagina of the cow, have this water about as warm 

 as you can hold your hand in it. About the 

 best infectant you can use in that way, as a thorough 

 preventive, is one ounce of borax to a gallon of water. 

 You must insert your tube and thoroughly wash out 

 the vagina and the uterus. As you may see by this 

 rough drawing that I have made, it will be necessary 

 to be careful and reach the folds and sacs where this 

 foetid matter will become lodged, that will be perfectly 

 alive with these microbes. You should go through 

 this operation at least a half or a dozen times before 

 allowing the animal to breed again. That same opera- 

 tion will often prevent what is generally considered to 





