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ont by biting something hard. A good 10-year-old mouth is presented in Fig. 
3. By looking at the teeth of cows of which one knows the age, he may soon 
become well acquainted with their appearance, While it is impossible to tell 
exactly the age of a cow when over five years old, still one may judge near 
enough for all practical purposes. If a cow’s mouth presents an 8-year-old 
‘appearance, it does not make mucli difference if she is nine or ten. She will, 
in all probability, last as long as the average 8-year-old cow. Dealers will 
often insist that the 10-year-old mouth here illustrated belongs to the 7-year- 
old cow; but that is no reason why the buyer should he deceiyed. He can 
easily learn for himself, 
The Horse, 
STABLE NOTHS, 
3y W C QUINNELD, M.R.C.VS. 
DISEASES OF HORSES, 
STRANGLES. 
Treatment.—In regard to general management and treatment: In the first 
place, infected animals should be isolated as quickly as possible, and carefully 
watched, Having then isolated the diseased animals, and aving placed them in 
perfect sanitary surroundings, the next step should be the thorough disinfection 
of the contaminated stables, when empty, by the means of sulphur fumes. ‘This 
is really a most important precaution, and should never be neglected by those 
who desire their stables to be kept im a healthy condition. Animals suffering 
from strangles should be placed in a moderately warm and well-ventilated, but 
not draughty horse-box. Being an eruptive disease, and like all eruptive 
diseases, must run a certain specific course, one should endeavour, in the 
treatment of stravgles, to assist nature as far as possible in the development of 
the eruptive condition. If the eruption is hindered in the external part, where 
it is usual for it to appear, it is apt to shift to another part of the body; the 
internal organs may be attacked, and serious trouble would follow. 
As fever and sore throat accompany this disease, we must endeavour to 
maintain the strength of the animal, and as the sore throat prevents the animal 
from taking nothing else but soft food, this difficulty may be overcome to a 
great measure, and recovery much accelerated by careful nursing. The patient’s 
appetite must be carefully watched and tempted ; sloppy diet, such as bran and 
linseed mashes, boiled barley, or oatmeal gruel, and other easily masticated food 
may be given, such as sliced carrots, freshly cut grass or hay steeped in boiling 
water; the infusion resulting from this, when cold, makes a suitable and 
palatable drink for horses with strangles. Stale bread and malt-mash are often 
eaten with relish. 
Warmth must be applied to the surface of the body, and bandages to the 
legs, which should be removed at least twice a day, and the parts hand-rubhed 
until the friction produces snflicient warmth, ; 
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