CHAPTER VI. 
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION. 
1. Emergencies. 
Certain diseases develop very quickly, prompt action is 
necessary and no matter how careful the stock owner may be 
in the care and feeding of his stock, they are always exposed 
to conditions over which he has no control. Accidents, too, 
will happen in the best regulated herds, so that we strongly 
recommend the keeping of at least a small stock of medicines 
on hand to be used in cases of emergency — inflammation, 
colic, indigestion, broken limbs or sprained muscles — when 
prompt treatment may save the animal. 
2. List of Medicines That May be Kept on Hand. 
The following are among those that are more frequently 
used : 
1. Sweet Spirits of Nitre 4 ounces. 
2. Laudanum 4 ounces. 
3. Fleming's Tincture of Aconite J4 ounce. 
4. Raw Linseed Oil 1 pint. 
5. Epsom Salts 1 pound. 
6. Bitter Aloes 8 drams. 
7. White Liniment 1 bottle. 
8. White Lotion i bottle. 
The liniment and lotion cost but little when mixed by 
the quart, and they are very handy and useful for such acci- 
dents as sprains, sore shoulders, cuts, etc. 
Other medicines may be obtained at any time from a 
drug store, and as they are used in cases not so urgent it is 
scarcely necessary to keep them always on hand. 
The cost of the medicines named in this list is trifling 
compared to the loss which may be avoided by having them 
on hand and which otherwise may be incurred by the loss 
caused by delay in going to the drug store just when they 
should be used. 
Note. — In purchasing fluid medicines from a druggist, 
the bottle often costs more than the medicine placed in it 
consequently always take a bottle with you. 
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