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to be apprehended of injury to the beast by the Operation; but such argument does not apply toa skilful and intelligent operatpr, who patiently watching nature’s efforts, would do nothing with rashness and violence.

It is asserted by a correspondent, in the Annals of Agriculture, that, the smelling to carrion, or any flesh in a putrescent state, will occasion cows to SLIP THEIR CALVES: whether or not this idea be well grounded, there can be neither harm, nor much trouble, in precaution. On the indications of an approaching slip, either in cow or mare, the mischief may be obviated by timely attention: the animal to be put by itself, in a com- fortable place; warm water, with some gruel in it,

nourishing mashes, and cordial balls or drinks, if

they can be given without irritation. Rice mashes and gruel.

Those who are advocates for the constant con- finement of milch cows, in stalls, at high keep, with- out the allowance of any exercise, ought to be re- minded, that the animals, in such state, are occa- sionally subject to fatal disorders, of the apoplectic class. I have at different periods noticed about half a dozen of these cases: in the last bat one, I attended particularly to the symptoms,= several weeks before the death of the animal;* these were, inaptitude to motion, enormous distention of the belly, heat of the ears and breath, inflammation of the eyes, difficult respiration and groaning. It was a neighbour’s cow, and it was even betting with me, whether it would be more proper, to warn the bull, her husband, of the danger, or her proprietor:

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