Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-04-18

it threw out small blades on its sides,
which made the cuts. Sores on the out
side of the teats are generally wounds,
and local sores outside or inside are often
made by having the teats stepped on.
Poke root, sometimes called garget root,
is worthless for use in garget; and the
MeU England Farmer reported him as
saying that saltpetre was equally so,
which he did not say. Saltpetre was
diuretic and febrlfuge, and so might
have some general effect; but he did, and
would now say that he did not believe it
was specific for garget. The Boston
Journal has a communication from one OF
its correspondents on the matter in which
is said, " in short its (saltpetre) effects are
almost the same as sweet spirits of nitre,
which is made from it, This is not so,
for sweet spirits Of nitro is nitrous ether,
and made from alcohol like other members
of its series
Anything to open the bowels is good in
these cases. Carrots even are valuable,
and saltpetre is good, as it acts as diu-
retic To prevent as far rs possible any
injuries to the bag, drain the milk care
fully and thoroughly were the best precau-
Jionary measures lorthe garget, and the
remedies described the best treatment he
knew Of
XIII.
MILK FEVER.
This is q specific disease, malady at
lacking animals in good condition, the
best mixers, and comes on soon after
dropping the calf. The deep mixers, The
Jerseys and the Ayrshires, will be most
subject to it, and the best ones of the
breeds; and the most marked cases fire.
quently occur at the third period of calv-
mg.
The first symptom of this trouble which
will be observed is the cows losing all
care for her calf-taking no notice of !
at times her eye is blood-shot-no milk in
her bag, sometimes at the first, but GER
tainly i'll the second stage.
Ibis will appear in from two TO thirty
six hours after calving and the earlier the
attack the more dangerous, and the more
violent the symptoms. Soon she will be
lying down and refuse to get up, taking
little or no notice of anything, and some
times dog will be brought into the yard
to arouse her, which will do it sometimes
when nothing else will. Soon that even
will not make her rise, as she will have
lost the power and become wralyzcd;
head and horns warm, eyes blood-shot
showing ~ great amount Of blood bl ought
10 the head.
This is parlurient apoplcXy, resulting
from peculiar conditions of the system,
which means that before parturitiOn, while
carrying the calf Il large amount Of blood
went TO the womb to noursh the cali.
When the calf is dropped this channel will
be suddenly closed, unless there be con-
siderable and continued hemorrhage,
which is not, us sometimes supposed, an
unfuvorable symptom. When this outlet
is closed the blood is sent over tile system
in increased quantities. going to the head
and congesting the vessels there. If the
COW is poor there will be less blood in the
system, and it can be taken up and distrib
uled without harm. Sometimes weep
ing et1uson comes from the eyes, which
shows, and comes from, the rush of blood
to the head.
Deep mixers will be more subject to
the disease than poor ones in the same
flesh. Why deep mixers? Milk is II secre-
lion of the gland in which is found what
are called butter globulcs. 1t is now gen
orally conceded that this globule is an
epitliclial cell, which has ripcned and fall
len off from the gland; so the COW which
increases the action Of the gland, will
show the greater richness of secretion. and
for this reason The Jersey will be found
more subject 10 the trouble than any other
breed.
The tendency to this trouble can be
guarded against by poorer keeping for 4
short time before calving, CT bleeding
freely Just before calving, or loosening the
bowels with IL sharp dose of physic, which
will bring about II lower condition of the
system.
At this time the white blood cells in the
blood are much in excess of usual GUAM
tity, and i'll parluriton the tendency is to-
ward hemorrhage, which we see in the in
clnation to bleed at the nose or lungs,
and when it breaks into the brain it makes
clot there which must bt absorbed. In
this disease bleeding should be resorted tc
ut once, as soon us its presence is known,
and bleed freely-bleed till you get re-
action. Shower the head with cold watel
or put ice on above the brain; plenty
of cold application to the head will
have no tendency TO rupture the blood yes
sells; DO not try and sweat the cow, it vii
be of no use.
If costivo, give physic and injections
and for physic give calomel in drachn
doses, or salts in doses Of pound to j.;
pound and half, and being much fluid il
the system if you can start the water ST
much the better, and for this give nitro
When this is done the physic operates in /;
thin discharge like diarrhua, and the
blood turned from the brain and reaction
comes, she will rally at once in remark
able manner. As soon a5 the eliot is formed
in the brain you have II partial paralysis
and if she is at first rigid, you may know
it is like human apopleXy, and as soon as
it lessons and You get sufficient tlaccdity
so you can bend the legs, you may know
that absorption is taking place and you
may look for recovery. This disease il
common with the human patient; in sheer
it is also quite prevalent, many dying
with it soon after lambing, and from par
lurcnt apopleXy. Another type known
as pertonitiS, or Inflammation of the
womb or bowel, coming from labor. Thi
will occur in any cow-goud, poor, or in
different, for it comes from mechanical
injury. This will not appear us soon, 81
il need not be mistaken Tor milk fever; i
appearing anywhere from two to thirty
six hours after dropping the calf, it is mill
fever. In the first six hours of this dis
ease, the cow has bleeding, pain, heat IN,
swelling; will put her nose round to he
side where the pain is; head cool, eye
clear, for here the tendency of blood is tt
the womb.
The cow taken with milk fever will b,
cured or dead, before cow with this dis
case will be very sick, which will not b,
before six or eight days In this case, II
well as the other, open the bowels; Gallo
mel, one, one and one half or even I'VE
drachms as the case may be, or salts il
aforementioned doses.
Then give anodynes to quiet and eas
the pain, and large doses of opiates will b.
well borne; two, three or even four ounces
of laudanum may be safely given, an,
DR., Lyman of Springfield gave sixt,
grains of morphine with good results
Injections of cold water into the woml
should be given, or Jumps of ice put in tt
cool down the Inflammation, and continu,
the opiates, while you may be sure the,
are having no bad effect while the Gov
seems in pain. The doses named ma,
seem large, and would be for carnivora
but herbivorn will bear them much better
A sheen would not mind dose Of sirych