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ON THE HOOVE IN CALVES. 
bably be produced by such an agent as the sulphated bones, which 
would be rendered still more irritant in proportion to the amount 
of sulphuric acid left in a free state. 
I believe no case of poisoning has occurred with such a com¬ 
pound as the above; but I feel myself justified in publishing the 
facts as I found them, in order that some caution may be used by 
farmers and others not to leave any of the compost in any situation 
where the cattle could possibly gain access, or where it could by 
any means be mixed with their food or water. The case in ques¬ 
tion, as above stated, was not traceable to any accidental cause. 
Pharmaceut. Times. 
On the Hoove. 
By Robert Read, M.R.C.V.S ., Crediton. 
[The two following are the papers referred to by Mr. Read in 
his article on “ Vermifuge Vapours,” in our Number for Novem¬ 
ber last.— Ed. Vet.] 
THE HOOSE IN CALVES. 
[To the Editor of “ The Farmer’s Magazine.”] 
Sir,— With pleasure I take the first opportunity, through the 
valuable leaves of your excellent Magazine, to fulfil the request of 
an individual who signs himself “ A Norfolk Steward,” touching 
the treatment of the hoose in calves (arising from worms in the 
windpipe); and also a cutaneous disease of frequent occurrence 
in yearlings. I will not occupy much space, or waste the pages 
of your Journal unprofitably, by giving a full detail of the primary 
cause of these parasites in the air-passages of calves; but will 
refer you to an ably written paper on this disease by Mr. Mayer, 
V.S., of Newcastle, which appeared a few numbers since: and 
I will detail to you the most successful method I have found in ex¬ 
pelling these thread-like worms from the air tubes and windpipe. 
In the first place, I do not rely much on the internal exhibition of 
any medicament, as it must travel the round of the circulation of 
the blood before it can reach the part occupied by these trouble¬ 
some little parasitical insects; the effect of which would be, either 
rendering the agent employed too inactive, or not of sufficient 
power to exert any influence when thrown out by the exhalents of 
the air passages on them, impacted as they are, and enveloped in 
the mucous secretions of the respiratory tubes. The method I have 
adopted for the last fifteen years with great success (and it is of a 
frequent occurrence in my neighbourhood) is inhalation—that is, 
