DISEASES AND IKEATMENT OF CATTLE 
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the hole causing the trouble. The best poultice for this is hot 
linseed meal. After you get it out, the hole w'll soon heal of 
its owii accord. 
5. Punctures — Nails, Etc. 
This generally occurs where cattle are running around 
old buildings where boards with nails in them are lying 
about. 
Symptoms. — There is severe lameness which comes on all of 
a sudden. The animal appears to be in great pain and can 
scarcely touch its foot to the ground. 
Treatment. — Pull the nail out. pare out around the hole 
and poultice with hot linseed meal. Keep the animal quiet 
until the soreness is all out. Change the poultices twice a 
day. If it should fester pare down around the hole until the 
matter comes out and poultice well to draw it all out. Keep 
the animal quiet until the hole heals. After you stop poul- 
ticing stuff the hole with tar and cotton batting to keep the 
dirt from working up into it. 
