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disappeared, and I did not have any more until this December. 

 There must be some merit in the way I have handled those cases. 



Mr. Glover : — I am inclined to think there is merit in feeding 

 carbolic acid, the way you state. 



A Delegate : — The handling of a cow after she has aborted, 

 and getting her to breed is a very delicate proposition. A good 

 many people, I think, suggest going into a cow too much. The 

 best way I would suggest to get at them before they abort is to 

 get a list, in plain sight of every man that is around your barn, 

 of the time those cows are clue to calve, and from the sixth 

 month on, look out, for it is pretty hard to tell when they are 

 going to abort, and it is usually the middle of the month. And 

 after they abort, if they abort before you can get hold of them 

 to get them away from the herd, have a barrel of slacked lime 

 handy, or any good disinfectant. Do not try to disturb that 

 bedding or litter, but just cover it deeply with lime, and let it 

 alone till you clean your stable. Do not go spreading that all 

 around through your herd. Get your cow out, and inside of 

 twelve hours or twenty-four hours get a warm solution of car- 

 bolic acid — at least that is what I have always used. I am going 

 to try corrosive sublimate. Inject that cow every day for a 

 week, and gradually ease off to twice a week, as long as there is 

 any discharge. I have kept them away for sixty days, and 

 have generally sent them away to the butcher, regardless of their 

 condition. I think that is the surest. 



Mr. Muir: — I was called to a herd last week that was 

 affected in this way, and I inquired what had preceded it, and 

 I found out that the man had been taking in his neighbors' cows. 

 One of these cows happened to be infected in this way, and 

 that is the way it was introduced in his herd. Some years ago, 

 it broke out among a herd of 60 cows of mine, and I looked 

 around for the cause. 



Mr. Glover : — I have another question here that I want to 

 speak of, and that is that corn stalk disease. Sometimes con- 

 founded with hemorrhagic septicemia. This disease is caused 



