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cows were the same ; stomachs were in the same condition. 
1,9 th -—Saw them come out of stable ; the whole herd came 
out better than yesterday; had hay in bunches about the lot • 
cows chased and hooked each other in their eagerness to get 
at it. An old cattle dealer who was looking at them at the 
time remarked that those cows were not sick, as sick cows 
would not eat in that way. 20th — When cows were coming 
out of stable I detected one that was very starey. I had her 
at once put back, and gave mag. sulph. ilb. The herd o- en - 
erally seemed more stiffened up, not as well as yesterday. 
Thinking the tonic too strong for the condition the stomach 
was in, changed it. Put lime in drinking water, as they were 
drinking immense quantities of it, and then bloatino- UD . 
would go to water trough looking thin, in half hour would 
be bloated up so as to be hardly able to get around. 
Some of the man’s neighbors told him that if he would 
only turn his cows out upon good pasture it would be the 
end of it. He thought he would try one first. This one had 
been very bad, but improving nicely; he turned her out into 
his lawn for about one hour, where the grass was good. She 
then went to the water, drank, but did not get ten feet from 
trough before she fell. She lived for a week, but did not get 
upon her feet; at the end of that time, seeing no improve¬ 
ment, had her killed. 21st.—Did not see them come out of 
stable ; bloated some after drinking water. 23d._One old 
cow which I had advised being kept out of stable all the time 
had been getting along nicely. The night being cold, owner 
put her in ; she got down in the night; could not rise in the 
morninglived two days, then killed her. I did not see them 
again until the 27th. They were then all doing well, pickino- 
up in flesh and giving almost as much milk as before. The 
four cows which died were his best milkers, and he was feed¬ 
ing them more than the rest of the herd. 
Dr. Hoskins was of the opinion that the trouble was due 
to some mould fungus or germs, which had produced the 
result, similiar in many instances to the so-called cerebro 
spinal meningitis in horses. Dr. Rayner was sure that it 
was due solely to the feeding of malt dust, but could not ex- 
