AQF aes 490 NEAT CATTLE.

NAT GAT tit.

The Cow goes with young nine months and a few days, toa fortnight over, seldom producing more than one calf; she will as indifferently at any season, but some are very backward, and diff- cult in taking the bull, arising, probably, in the great exhaustion suffered by nature in a constant copious flow of milk, and from insufficient, or regularly dispensed, keep. In this case, the cow’s heat should ke. particularly marked where a bull is not con- stantly with her, as it may cease ina very short time, and the owner be di sappointed.

It is infinitely safer and better, to provide all the domestic animals with shelter, at the critical time of partur ition; and in truth, it is rank nonsense to talk, in the vulgar style,= such practice ren- dering them delicate and Ae since the reverse ‘precisely is the fact. Colds, caught at calving, are the occasion of a number of disorders, which are seen to affect‘cows, particularly the retention of the cleaning, and the hoose or consumptive

cough. In the latter case, warm, generous keep,|

mashes, ale, swith cordial-ball, 8&c. The former is often attended with much difficulty—Keep as above, currying and brushing twice:a day, the caw being stcked dry, not milked, and walked about. Give. as follows, three successive mornings, fast- ing, In three pints of Se decoction Of juni- per-berries ae penny-royal, sweetened with ho- ney—Lhrir Proprietatis, compound tincture of Cas-

tor,