DISEASES OF HORSES AND CATTLE. 487 
TO KILL LICE AND FLEAS ON HORSES, CATTLE, 
DOGS, &c. 
Equal parts of powdered quassia chips and aloes, dust it 
into their coats at night and currycomb or brush off in the 
morning. Repeat two or three times. 
TO KEEP OFF FLIES. 
Oat Pat sr ttt beret tnee eiatee Citar . Two ounces. 
PUNeOd cee EVE OVAL cy tae we sot tee thee ep ae Two ounces. 
RSET OTE b ererertceriet henratioreretne One ounce. 
CRATISELT KOE” ent buscar Gofrerassan ep tite as One ounce. 
Pethesemecl Chile yoy os ee Dep ae ae wtp etna Two ounces. 
‘Mix, and rub over the hair. 
LAXATIVE MIXTURE FOR THE BOWELS 
g Bloes, powdered 77.0.4 eal Two ounces. 
Mandrake, powdered ..........++-. Four ounces. 
Seiad, HOWGELOGs tats shi he es ea ee bs Four ounces. 
Gish is) |) ane er ae Pee ea erate tranche? One ounce. 
Mix, and give a tablespoonful in gruel or water the first thing 
in the morning or last at night. 
; FOR THE SCOUR. 
Give a heaped tablespoonful of the following powder two 
or three times a day :— 
Bistone Foeotea's sos couse praca ieee a koend cea . Two ounces. 
CFANCS PLU aces Oat ene ea ae ee Two ounces. 
*PLCHPRIVEHLELE 94.4 \s05-44- 0. ed bse dta Panete eae tte Two ounces. 
GAVeNNe a nits ces wt Ride Pl a ft ot One ounce. 
Mix. 
Milk Fever and Pleuro-Pneumonia are contributed by a 
‘stock owner. | 
MILK FEVER. 
The greatest scourge to which dairy cows are subject is 
undoubtedly milk fever, and the time they are most liable to 
take it is when the grass is getting hard, or from Christmas on 
to harvest. It isa disease that is much easier prevented than 
cured. When cows are approaching calving attention should 
be given to them to see that their bowels are kept open. If 
