The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1902-08-28
Agriculture.


There are uspy coz, lcsi each ysss iron
nilt fever, sud The votss feature seoot "
s thai IL 10 very ~, 10 be The bssi eos' 10
The herd -ibs, 10. those bee, Ia miis pro
dasliop. II n.y te thsl 10 acme Gases y
10 ssassd By ovefietdias. 0ys Ausfiesn
Caltlvstor. especially deriss its period
that they 40 dry before calrios. We DO
90, reuenbsr sva bsvins seen or bes'd
Of case where u hsppsnrd 10 heller
dtoppios her ent calf. Possibly dyins
"a Too early OF rapidly may esase !, 10
some esses, or . neglect 10 dnv ihs mia
II the adder eils before cslsiIs, thus Greet
ing fever by the sb,ofbiioo Of The miih
into the system Il seldom oeenrs TO
oovs ,hsi srs 20, let so dry At oil or are
s,etinuous nilksra
II usually begins sbout the second OF
third day alter ihe e.li 10 born. snd The
ati ~ mptoms ere usually chill aud .
nervous wishing Of the bssd or esH'
Then comes The stage where The snimsl 70
fuses 70 sst, sud the sseretions Of The milh
are iesssnea sud the bowels copstipssed.
after which The coz 10 do~n sod rsfnses TO
stand up. II 1t gets 10 this stage, there Ia
bu, little chance OF saving The lie, though
vs have done 90 BY the giving OF doses
Of one pond OF sal,s 10 which wss pus 90
ounce Of j.nsies ginger or perhaps . Gill
Of whisky OF rum, then Il isciions OF warm
sospsuds until there vas movement OF
the bowels.
This may be better ~ . treatment Tor
prsvsptine II il given . day OF sso before
she calves. 0.bsr prsventives ere not TO
feed too highly just before or after e'lv
ius. Give some moderate exercise snd
avoid cold vipds or rains. heavy drioks Of
very cold wster or allowing the COZ to lie
down 10 . cold place. 1t may be oonsti
tusionsl Seskneis 10 some cows. due per
bsps 10 close breeding, too high feeding Of
the mother or lack OF exercise. II some
times seems TO be 40 epidemic sni ss
.scss almost every GOV 10 the herd, YET 10
such o.sss xe should look rather 10 6nd
some osuse common 10 .hs treatment Of
The whole than TO II being contagious.
The trsstmepi BY cold wslsr cure hes
been recon mendsd BY some that 10, wDp
ping her body 10 vet sbsss. then cover
| iue With two or three wooden blankets end
. rubber blanket il d hand This should
start . perspirstion 10 fifteen or twenty
min u.ss. snd II 1t does not. repeat II. To
move the bowels take one ounce nux voni
O.. sixteen 10 eighteen ounces elauber or
epson salts, four and hall ounces com
mon table salt. snd boil for ten minutes 10
two quarts Of water; then give pint once
On hour. With this should 60 the ipiec
ton OF warm sospsuds. taking csrs TO zee
that she csn swsllo. by trying with . lii
tls water Arst.
Another remedy Recommended BY
some vegetaiisns. especially II the animal
Is so nearly psrslyzsd % to have difficulty
10 swallowing. 10 . hypoderuic Injection
Of esorine or ergotins. the esorine ct one
or two grains 10 wster enough 10 dissolve.
the ersosine twenty TO thirty grains 10 %
much water % will dissolve OF two and
hall ounces Hoid extract, which may be
repested 10 twelve hours. The esorine
need not be given bat once, and II II fails
10 aot the bowels srs psrslyz,d.
While BY ills treatment those cases
that are detected 10 the early stages can
usually be cured, IL is almost hopeless
when the animals have resohed thst condi
ton OF paralysis where they cannot stand
on their feet when lifted up.