. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. TREATMENT OF FOWLS. 13 length li to 1J lines. This species is generally very plentiful on swiite, more particularly on those fresh imported from Ireland. It appears to abound most on Lean animals. " In walking," savs Mr. Denny, " it uses tlie claw and tibial tooth with great facility (which act &« a finger and thiimb), in taking hold of a. single hair; tiie male is much smaller, sub-orbicalar, and the segment* lobate. The egg
. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. TREATMENT OF FOWLS. 13 length li to 1J lines. This species is generally very plentiful on swiite, more particularly on those fresh imported from Ireland. It appears to abound most on Lean animals. " In walking," savs Mr. Denny, " it uses tlie claw and tibial tooth with great facility (which act &« a finger and thiimb), in taking hold of a. single hair; tiie male is much smaller, sub-orbicalar, and the segment* lobate. The egg or nit is j of a line in length, of a cream color, and ele- gantly shagreened, oblong, and slightly acuminated, surrounded by a lid which, when the yo«ng insect is ready to emerge, splits circularlyâor, as a botaoist would say, has a eircunacisile dehiscence.''* Oil in the first stage, and mercurial ointment in after stages, will destroy this () Consmnption is a disease which affects pigs. It is brought on by " neglect and exposure to cold and damp. The animal becomes thin, the coat staring, the skin appearing as if glued to the ribs; .obstinate cough supervenes ; discharge is frequent from the nose, and glandular swellings appear aboaX the ueek. On dissection, tlie lungs are studded with ; " It is in the early stage alone of tlie complaint," sajs Professor Dick, " that anything can be done, and the prospect of cure is but faint.| In alluding to the lungs, I may mention a remarkable in- stance of their state I once observed in a sow of myear distressing to the animal, she was killed ; and one lobe of the lungs was found to be so completely ossified that its surface was converted into a _ shell nearly as hard ^s the crust of a crab, and it was filled with a tliick / yellow tiuid. Having understood afterward that this was a remarkable ^^^ 60W-louse (,hj: case, I regret that the k>be was not examined by a veterinarian. Â
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