Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-06-23
8itl6 ans Gar6ttt.
Diseases Of Cattle.

prostratiOn and general III health.
Remedies. : Give warm bran
mash, with good hay and warm water
with salt. --.'
An aloe tinctrre, made with bran
dy and ginger. is good.
Afterwards give good, dry nourish-
Tag food; and bitter inGSions.
chamomile flowers, boar hound, oak
bark, &C., in beer.
SCoURS, OR DIARRUGA.-A COM
mon remedy, is 70 boil the bark OF
white oak, white pine. and beech.
and give strong infusion in bran.
II they refuse to eati pour it down.
The oak is a stringent and the pine
and beech soothing and healing.
MARBLES Are grubs, the egg
of which is deposited in the back OF I
cattle by the gad-fy. (EStruS toriS-) /
They are discernibie by protuber-
ancc or swelling on the back They 4
may be pressed out b. the thumb and /
finger; or burnt out by plunging a
hot wire in them; OF few appiica- 1
tioas of strong brine will remove
them.
WoUNDS.-In cattle are readily
healed. when T. c animals blood is IN
good order, by applying 4 salve made
of ounce green coppcraS; ounces
white vitrioI; ounces limseed oil;
g ounces molaSses Boil over slow
fire ID minutes in pint of urine, and
when almost cold. add | ounce spirits
of turpentine. Apply it with ieath
er TO the wound, and cure soon fol,
loSs.
MILK, OR PUERPERAL FEVER. Is
common disease with COWS in high
condition, al the time Of calving. 1t
may, in almost every case. be avoid
ed. by keeping them in moderate feed
and flesh.
Remedies. Bleed freely, say6 to
10 quarts, according to the circula-
ton of the blood; then give 1 to
lbs of EPSON salts, according to the
size of the beast, to be repeated in
half-pound doses every six hours, till
she purges freely.
Injections should always be given
when purgatives are tardy in their OPP
Grafton.
CAKED BAG.-May be removed by
simmeriug the bark of the root Of bit
ter sweet in lard. till it becomes very
yellow. When cool, apply it to the
swollen udder once IN 8 or 10 hours
or wash it several times a day in cold
water
A pint Of horseradish, fed once a
day. cut up with potatoes or meal, is
useful for the same purpose. This is
also tonic, helps the appetite, and
is good for oxen subject to heat.
GARGET.-Ts more intense de,
gree of inflammation than exists in
caked bag and sore. swollen teats, and
shows itself in hard punches on the
uddcr.
The COW should be bled. and take
a large dose Of physic then wash the
udder as in caked bag.
Repeated doses of sulphur is good
remedy. Garget, or poke root, given
of the size OF large finger, grated
and fed in their food, is general APP
plication with farmers. The garget
plant grows from three to six feet
high, with purple stalk. ard strings
of berries hanging down between the
branches.
SORE TEATs. May be healed by
rubbing with goose oil, cream, new
milk; or make the same application
for it as for caked bag. The bag and
teats should be well cleansed with
warm soft water, if to be followed by
any ointment.
The following application is recon-
mended by YOuatt: One ounce of vel
low wax and three of lard 4; melt to
gether. and when cooling. rub in one
quarter ounce of sugar of lead, and
a drachm of alum finely powdered
WARTS. Are of two kinds; the
first, on the outer skin, may be re-
moved by rubbing with camphorated
olive oil. The others penetrate into
the flesh, and may be removed by a
ligature Of fine Irvine, or silk, or india
rubber drawn into a string, and tight
ly around the wart, which falls off in
L few days.
Remedies. Nitrate of silver, Qunar
caustic.) applied to the wart, will re-
move it, but it produces a soHc.
Apply strong wash of alum.
Rub with the juice of milk-weed.
Poultice with grated carrot.
Cut OF the wart with sharp7scissors
when the COW is dry. 1t will bleed
little, and soon heal.
SORE NECKS ON WORKING OXEN.
These occur when worked in wet
weather, or with bad yokes. The
remedyis, rub with a healing applica-
ton, The prereRttce is, good yokes
the application Of grease; or decoc-
tion of white or yellow oak bark ap-
piled to the affected parts. Or, |
better preventive is a canvass or Ieath,
er cap to protect the neck entirely
from the storm.
TrTE BITE OF Poisonous SNAKES.
May be cured by shaking together
equal parts of olive oil and hartshorn.
and rubbing the wound and adjacent
parts three or four times a day. For
full grown animal, one quart of OIL
ive-oil and an ounce of hartshon
should be administered internally, in
addition 20 the above.
FoR STINGs OF BEES, HORNETS,
&C. apply warm vinegar and salt,
rubbing the parts thoroughly.
CHESTER WHITE HoGs.-I wish to
give my testimony to the excellence
of the breed Of hogs known as the