TAIL-WORM, 
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LICE. 
When young cattle have been turned out in cold weather 
they are very subject to lice ; more especially if they are 
in a low habit of body, and have not been kept clean. 
Parasites are not only disagreeable to the animal which 
they infest, but are also apt to be communicated to others. 
The speediest means' should be adopted to destroy them. 
The following recipe will generally have the elfect :— 
Common tobacco . . 1 ounce, 
White hellebore-root, ground 2 ounces, 
Vinegar ... 2-^ pints; 
these to be boiled together for half-an-hour, and the warm 
decoction to be applied with a soft brush or sponge. A 
second application seldom fails to destroy the vermin. 
TAIL-WORM. 
Symptoms. —This disease is known by a portion of the 
tail being paralysed, and losing its action, which may be 
seen by holding the tail in a horizontal position, when that 
portion which has lost its power, so far as it extends from 
the point, will hang in a straight or perpendicular limber 
state. 
Remedies. —As the tail is so useful an appendage to 
animals, we would recommend medical treatment to be first 
adopted, and the following should be given for two or three 
times, two days intervening between each dose :— 
Camphor, finely powdered 
Tartarized antimony 
Gum-guaiacum 
Fennel-seeds, powdered . 
Mithridate 
lJr drachm, 
\ ounce, 
\ ounce, 
1^ ounce, 
1 ounce; 
