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them for several minutes. He then began to peck 
and push them away. I thought nothing of this,' 
and left them. In the course of the day, I looked at 
them again. He was then pecking, and trying to 
kill them. I took a stick, and struck him several 
times on his wings, and drove him away. The 
next morning, I went to see them, and found him 
still peeking them, and had almost killed them, I 
then whipped him more severely, when he soon left 
them, shaking his head several times, a signal the 
wild goose always gives previous to migrating. I 
then left them till the next morning, when I found 
he was gone, and could not be found. 
About ten days after, I heard that a wild goose 
had been taken about two miles from my farm, 
while swimming down the bay. I sent a man after 
him, and it proved to be my gander. He was 
brought home, put with the old goose and goslings, 
but took no notice of them, and would not go near 
them, keeping at a distance of four or five rods 
from them ; thus continuing for about three months. 
I then killed the three goslings, immediately after 
which he went to his old mate and goslings, ap¬ 
peared to converse with them for several minutes, 
made all up, and continued a faithful and affection¬ 
ate husband and father, and remained with his 
mate till he was accidentally killed. 
M. Thayer. 
Braintree , Mass ., Aug. 18 th, 1848. 
THE COW—HER DISEASES AND MANAGE¬ 
MENT.—No. 6.. 
Inflammation of the Kidneys and Bladder .— 
This disease proceeds from various causes, such as 
strains, from riding other cows, from blows, or 
other external injury, from gravel, or anything 
which obstructs the proper functions of those parts. 
Inflammation of the kidneys is indicated by a 
deficiency of urine, attended with a shivering, and 
a pain in the region of the kidneys, which the cow 
shows by turning her head to her side, as if look¬ 
ing at the part affected ; and if she is made to walk, 
she moves with some degree of stiffness in the 
hinder parts, and at times utters a deep moan; the 
horns and legs are generally cold, the pulse low, 
and the animal feverish ; the urine is discharged in 
small quantities, and of a high color. The vio¬ 
lence of the disease may be judged of from the ap¬ 
pearance of the urine: When it is of a coffee color, 
and of moderate consistence, the .symptom is favo¬ 
rable: if voided in small quantities, and is black 
and fetid, it forebodes a fatal termination. The dis¬ 
ease often ends in suppuration, when an ulcer of 
the kidneys takes place, though it is often cured. 
In the first stage of the disease, bleeding is neces¬ 
sary, as in every other inflammation. The bowels 
are then to be opened by a saline purge composed 
of the following ingredients:— 
Epsom salts, |lb.; saltpetre (nitre), li oz. ; anise 
seed, | oz.; parsley seeds, | oz ; powdered juniper 
berries, | oz. : tincture of opium, 1| drachms. 
To be given as soon as possible, in two quarts of 
smooth oat-meal or Indian-meal gruel, in which 
one ounce of common soap has previously been 
dissolved, with half a gill of double-distilled anise 
seed. This drink wonderfully assists nature, by 
unloading the intestinal canal. It also gradually 
relaxes the body, acts as a gentle diuretic, and allays 
the impetuosity of the blood, by which means it 
gives ease to the obstructed parts, and by degrees 
eradicates the disease. This drink may be repeated 
in eight hours, should not the first dose succeed. 
The hard excrements are to be taken out of the rec¬ 
tum, by introducing a small-sized hand into the 
fundament, being first well-covered with lard, or 
sweet oil, and the nails of the fingers closely pared, 
to prevent injury to the parts during the operation, 
which is commonly called “ raking.” The cure 
after this is to be trusted to mild diuretics, among 
which the following is recommended :— 
Saltpetre, in powder, 1| oz. ; Castile soap, 9 
drachms ; camphor, in powder, l\ drachms; oil of 
juniper, 3 drachms. 
The soap is to be cut into shavings, which are 
to be dissolved in two quarts of water gruel. The 
other ingredients may be added, and given to the 
cow, when milk warm. If she seems extremely 
restless, and full of pain, two drachms of liquid 
laudanum may be added to the dose above. This 
medicine is to be repeated once a day, or as often as 
the symptoms demand it, and continued till the dis¬ 
ease is removed. 
Besides this treatment, an emollient clyster may 
be given, composed of the following materials:— 
.Water gruel, 3 pints; sweet oil, k pint ; common 
soap, 1 oz. ; tincture of opium, | oz. 
The soap is to be boiled in the gruel ; then add 
the sweet oil and opium, and inject the whole, milk 
warm, into the rectum, by means of a clyster pipe 
and bladder. As soon as the clyster is given to the 
cow, a wisp of hay should immediately be applied 
under the tail, and the hand instantly' put on its 
back part, so as to cause the tail and fundament to 
come in complete contact with the w r isp, which 
should be held there for ten minutes, or a quarter 
of an hour, at least, in order to prevent the clyster 
from returning too soon, or before the medicine has 
had the desired effect. This emollient clyster has 
also its peculiar efficacy, by softening and relaxing 
those delicate parts, and assists in the operation of 
the laxative drink. 
If the saline purge should not open the body suf¬ 
ficiently, it may be repeated. There may also be 
given to the cow, once or twice a day, a pint and a 
half of the following decoction, which must be 
boiled for half an hour, strained off: — 
Juniper berries, bruised, 3 oz.; marsh mallow 
roots, dried, 3 oz. ; camomile flowers, 3 oz. ; lin¬ 
seed oil, 18 drachms; water, 3 quarts. 
During the operation of these medicines, the cow 
should have plenty of diluent drinks, such as water 
gruel, &c., and mashes made of malt and bran, or 
Indian meal. In many cases, in spite of the most 
judicious treatment, the disease, instead of being 
checked, passes on, as already mentioned, to suppu¬ 
ration, when a different mode of treatment becomes 
necessary to be adopted, such as the use of diuret¬ 
ics of a more powerful detergent nature, which may 
be capable of healing the ulceration that ensues. 
When this takes place, the following symptoms 
will occur:—At the time the animal stales, her 
urine is voided with much pain ; she groans at the 
time she is making it; and the urine is mixed with 
matter and blood. After each time of staling, she 
sets up her back and tail for a considerable period 
afterwards; the hair on her body stand on end, and 
