516 NEAT CATTLE.

My memory having been of late refreshed, by the inspection of various cow-cases, it may not be improper to throw out a few hints for the use of persons concerned in the business of the dairy.

The rout 1n tHE Foor originates generally in the irritation of continual dirt and nastiness be- gtween the claws; occasionally, in constitutional grossness or impurity, and may then be compared with running thrushes in the horse. Prevention consists plainly in cleanliness, and taking care that cows, which have a dirty layer, are often driven into the water; but where the foul is suspected to be commencing, manual labour will be absolutely ne- cessary, and the more so, if there be a natural ten- dency to foulness. The disease having appeared, may be treated in the same method recommended for sheep. With some, constant care will be neces- sary. A cow leech remarked, that he had often seen heasts seized with the foul suddenly; the reason of this deception is, that the progress of the infection between the claws, may be slow and impercep- tible.

Cows are apt to be foundered by long drift, and like horses, some are subject to the natural infir- mity of weak and bad hoofs: in this state, neglect- ed, they lose their milk, their bulling, and pine away all their flesh. In a confirmed case of this kind(I have now half a dozen before my eyes), there seems no better method than to turn the pa- tient into a soft and clean walk, either meadow, or straw-yard, where no other horned cattle, at least, can come near her; for being weak and helpless,

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