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Diseases Of Corn And Cattle, From Mr. Lowe's Survey Of Nottinghamshire.
IS . B . The sheep should be kept fasting two hours after the medicine . It : a adviseable that the person who mixes up the ingredients , as well as he that stirs them together , should use a large wooden spoon , lest , by using his' hands toe . freely , the compound should take off the skin . ANOTHER RECZIPT . Two ounces diapente in a quart of brandy for twenty sheep , given as a preventive , three times , at Michaelmas , Christmas , and Candlemas .
FOR THE WATER . , To prevent sheep from dropping of the water , take onepound of tobacco , and boil it in seven quarts of water one hour . Then put to it four ounces of saltpetre , one ounce of black pepper , and two ounces of spirits of turpentine Two spoonfuls of this mixture are given to the lambs about a month after they are taken from the ewe , and two more spoonfuls about a month after the first Great care must be taken to shake it well together , before it is given , otherwise the turpentine will swim on the top .
Cures For Various Diseases Of Dairy Cattle, From Mr. Wedge's Survey Of Cheshire.
CURES FOR VARIOUS DISEASES OF DAIRY CATTLE , FROM MR . WEDGE'S SURVEY OF CHESHIRE .
FOR THE GURGLE , OR HARD INFLAMED SWELLINGS OF THE UDDER . Plentiful bleedings in the neck- and repeated and continued rubbings of the tumouredpart with butter-milk and salt , salt and water , treacle , Castile soap , or ointment , are the principal ¦ .-medies in common use . ' , . . OR SWELLING IN CLOVER . Two ounces of Castile soap , . and one ounce of dialfhea , is strongly recommended as a remedy , to prevent the necessity of tapping ; feathers burnt and held for some timewhile in full smoke
, , close under the nose of the animal in a pan , is also favourabl y spoken of as a remedy . FOR THE RED WATER ; OR BLOODY URINE .-Oile well-recommended prescription is as follows , viz . a handful of salt , and a handful of oatmeal , after being fried in a pan till they are hard arid black , are given in a quart of cold butter-milk , the beast being kept from food some little time before and after giving it : this dose once or twice administered , will , it is said , remove the complaint if it is not too long neglected ; should the cow be bound after this medicine , as frequently happens , stiff oatmeal gruel , about two quarts at a time , should be given twice or thrice a day till that complaint is
re-LOlNS FALLEN , OR MILK FEVER . This disease most frequently happens when a cow calves either in hot weather er when in very high condition , to prevent it the cow is bled plentifully about three or four days before the time she is expected to calve . FOE THE GIB , Oil SCOURING ZW CALVES . Skimmed milk , or new milk and water , thickened with bran or wheat flour ic usually , given and continued for their food till the scourinc- is removed ; sometimes the steep liquid rennetis iven for the
, or , g same purpose ; one or two halt-pmt drenches , it is said , will be sufficient THE IRONS IN CALVES , OS STRIKING . To prevent this Kind of malady , a rowel , soon after Christmas , is inserted either m the bleeding part of the neck , or under the belly , at some little distance behind the fore legs ; the mode of doing it is the usual one of rowellin « - horses , only moderating the ingredients in to the different size and
proportion strength or the animals ; This is . said to be an effectual preventative . In the practic * of many , regular and moderate keep , and twice bleeding , is thought to be sufficient precaution ; the first bleeding about Michaelmas , and the other as soon as the spring grass begins to appear .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Diseases Of Corn And Cattle, From Mr. Lowe's Survey Of Nottinghamshire.
IS . B . The sheep should be kept fasting two hours after the medicine . It : a adviseable that the person who mixes up the ingredients , as well as he that stirs them together , should use a large wooden spoon , lest , by using his' hands toe . freely , the compound should take off the skin . ANOTHER RECZIPT . Two ounces diapente in a quart of brandy for twenty sheep , given as a preventive , three times , at Michaelmas , Christmas , and Candlemas .
FOR THE WATER . , To prevent sheep from dropping of the water , take onepound of tobacco , and boil it in seven quarts of water one hour . Then put to it four ounces of saltpetre , one ounce of black pepper , and two ounces of spirits of turpentine Two spoonfuls of this mixture are given to the lambs about a month after they are taken from the ewe , and two more spoonfuls about a month after the first Great care must be taken to shake it well together , before it is given , otherwise the turpentine will swim on the top .
Cures For Various Diseases Of Dairy Cattle, From Mr. Wedge's Survey Of Cheshire.
CURES FOR VARIOUS DISEASES OF DAIRY CATTLE , FROM MR . WEDGE'S SURVEY OF CHESHIRE .
FOR THE GURGLE , OR HARD INFLAMED SWELLINGS OF THE UDDER . Plentiful bleedings in the neck- and repeated and continued rubbings of the tumouredpart with butter-milk and salt , salt and water , treacle , Castile soap , or ointment , are the principal ¦ .-medies in common use . ' , . . OR SWELLING IN CLOVER . Two ounces of Castile soap , . and one ounce of dialfhea , is strongly recommended as a remedy , to prevent the necessity of tapping ; feathers burnt and held for some timewhile in full smoke
, , close under the nose of the animal in a pan , is also favourabl y spoken of as a remedy . FOR THE RED WATER ; OR BLOODY URINE .-Oile well-recommended prescription is as follows , viz . a handful of salt , and a handful of oatmeal , after being fried in a pan till they are hard arid black , are given in a quart of cold butter-milk , the beast being kept from food some little time before and after giving it : this dose once or twice administered , will , it is said , remove the complaint if it is not too long neglected ; should the cow be bound after this medicine , as frequently happens , stiff oatmeal gruel , about two quarts at a time , should be given twice or thrice a day till that complaint is
re-LOlNS FALLEN , OR MILK FEVER . This disease most frequently happens when a cow calves either in hot weather er when in very high condition , to prevent it the cow is bled plentifully about three or four days before the time she is expected to calve . FOE THE GIB , Oil SCOURING ZW CALVES . Skimmed milk , or new milk and water , thickened with bran or wheat flour ic usually , given and continued for their food till the scourinc- is removed ; sometimes the steep liquid rennetis iven for the
, or , g same purpose ; one or two halt-pmt drenches , it is said , will be sufficient THE IRONS IN CALVES , OS STRIKING . To prevent this Kind of malady , a rowel , soon after Christmas , is inserted either m the bleeding part of the neck , or under the belly , at some little distance behind the fore legs ; the mode of doing it is the usual one of rowellin « - horses , only moderating the ingredients in to the different size and
proportion strength or the animals ; This is . said to be an effectual preventative . In the practic * of many , regular and moderate keep , and twice bleeding , is thought to be sufficient precaution ; the first bleeding about Michaelmas , and the other as soon as the spring grass begins to appear .