Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-07-01

ed her, aad had become gVod-sized COW.
She was . model Of beauty. in excellent
condition, and her second calf was q strik-
Ing likeness OF herself.
There was also remarkable change In
her dairy qualities. The udder was large
ly developed, the now Of milk abundant.
and rich In quality. One experiment only
In churning was ,aAde, but this was highly
sati sfsctory. The butter came In about ten
minutes. and was compact and hard show
ing that the former trouble existed no long
er.
She had been kept up during the spring.
except that she had been turred out m hour
or two, from time TO time. for exercise.
About the drst Of Nay. when her calf was
two weeks old, she was turned into . small
nelI during the daytime. housed at night.
and fed ss usual. In about two weeks from
that time. one Friday morning she refused
to eat or drink Never before had We OBJ
served anv lack Of appetite. or any thing
that indicated other than perfect health.
Having had no experience with sick cal
tie, We sought the advice of others. Tie
trouble was thought to be Dry Mnrrain
and the usual course OF treatment was pur-
sued. out without cfec.. The COW died
early ON Sabbath morning. less than sixty
hour. from the time when 10 appearance
she was in perfect beal.h-
On examination tho Msnyplies. (third
stomach. )~a- found to BE- filled. and rs
contents as dry as though dried in an oven.
There was also congestion VI the lungs.
that organ being disleuded with blooi 10
is utmost capacity. There Was SINAI /
passage through the Manyplies. or rather
through its contents, showing that every
thing given TO remove the dsfiiculty, failed.
=. ii did not stop there but passed through
The lesson which exp ,rieac. has taught
a. in thi, case, has no reference 20 the
treatment OF the Dry Nurrain. for We do
not claim to have discovered any thing Ia
that direction. II Is the cause aud not the
cure that we propose To speak Of.
A. preliminary to that il may be well 10
advert briefly to the anatomical structure
OF the digestive apparatus Of ramnsnt-.
Cows belong to the order Of animals class
81 a, rulninsnts. All rnminants are her
blvoruus and have fonr >iomics-- The
first and arge,t is called the Paunch. Ira
rses } the second il man-l iioney-como =.
or Bonnet, ,refieaaan } the third is called
the L.aflet. aMnyplie,. or Omsssum. (rsai-
ier.am D and the fourth the Caiilcue, or
Rennet-bAe Gsomlssas
When ruminants feed they swallow the
ailments at first without having but slightly
chrwed them. These substances then en-
ter the p.unch and then accumulate;
thence they pass into the second stomarh
anI after hsvIn rcmslned there = certain
time. they are carried back again into the
mouth 10 be slowly chewed and swallowed
SyAin Whel thew descend this second
time into the stomach. they no NOR enter
the paunch o. the honey-co.hb. ont 60 d.
rectly 10 The Manyplies, from ~hch they
pass into the Renuei-5as where they are
al.ested.
From the foods passing nj one time into
the fret stomach. aud at another int, the
third. come have supposed that the animal
had some control over il and could direct
II at will Blu; there Is nothing OF the kind.
this result being the necessary consequence
ofthe anatomical arrangement OF the parts.
The E>ophagus or swallow terminates In
Kind OF gutter or longitudinal slil. which
occupies the upper part OF the Honey-comb
and the Paunch. and il continued TO the
Manyplie. Ordinarily the edges of this
.lit lie close together. and then the gutter
con -tirures a perfect tube which leads from
the swallow To the third stomach. Hence
il the slimentary ball swallowed bv the
animal be solid and somewhat Large. 1t
di.tends this tube or gutter, and separates
the edges or opening through which
the swallow communicates with the first
and second stonish his, aud the food passes
into the Paunch. But If the Almentary
ball be soft and pulpy. as is the case VIII n
m2sticaiion has been ompleted. the food
swallowed enters this same tube without
the edges Of the slit, and passes on to the
third stomach.
Ii i. hv this mechanism that lie partially
ch-wed food which the animal swallows
for the first time. stops in the iirst and SET
ond stomachs. while after ii has been chew
ed 4 secoud time and well mixed with saliva,
it goes directly to the third stomach.
The mechanism by which aliinent accu-
INFLATED in the fist s;oinacn l. carried back
TO the mouth ID very simple. When regnr-
citation begins, the second stomach con-
III.
against the slit like opening already describ
ell. This opening enlarges so a to seize
pinch OF portion Of the alinsntary mass.
congresses il and forms ii into 4 small pei
lei which engages in the swallow, the Ill
res OF which contract successfully from be-
low upwards. thus pushing upwards the
new Aiimcnlary belt into the mouth
Ii viii be seen from I'll that the first and
second stomAchs maceiste and soften the
crude aliment. thus preparing ii for more
easy mastication and admixiure with the
saliva. while the third 2nd fourth stomaehs
perform the work Of digestion.
What has been stated helps US in ascer-
tanning the course of Dry Mur-ain. ANY
subs snce taken into the first stomach.
that is simply innutricious. does not imme-
diately affect that organ. The action OF
the frst and second stomachs are rather
mechanical then digestive. and they have
no difficulty in getting rid Of old dead grass
and the like innutricsous substances Bur
II is otherwise with the third and fourth
stomschs. Their Office is tc digest When
indige-tibie matter reaches them they have
no power TO reduce it, II il difYlcult for
them to get rid Of it. rhis difficulty 1. in
creased by the peculiar structure Of the
third stomach. consisting as il does OF ma