Live stock : a cyclopedia for the farmer and stock owner including the breeding, care, feeding and management of horses, cattle, swine, sheep and poultry with a special department on dairying : being also a complete stock doctor : with one thousand explanatory engravings . STRIKING THE FLEAM WITH THE BLOOD-STICK.(An old time practice now almost obsolete.) jumping away from the blow of the blood-stick. When sufficient bloodhas been drawn, remove the cord or other obstruction, when the flow willstop. Insert a pin and weave a hair or silk thread around the pin in suchway as to describe a figure 8
Live stock : a cyclopedia for the farmer and stock owner including the breeding, care, feeding and management of horses, cattle, swine, sheep and poultry with a special department on dairying : being also a complete stock doctor : with one thousand explanatory engravings . STRIKING THE FLEAM WITH THE BLOOD-STICK.(An old time practice now almost obsolete.) jumping away from the blow of the blood-stick. When sufficient bloodhas been drawn, remove the cord or other obstruction, when the flow willstop. Insert a pin and weave a hair or silk thread around the pin in suchway as to describe a figure 8. Leave it in for a few days, when it cansafely be removed. IV. Blistering. When w severe blister is desired, the hair should first be clipped offvery close or shaven. Apply the blister a little at a time, and rub it wellin, with sufficient friction to get up considerable heat between the handand the skin ; then, when sufficient is rubbed m, smear some over the sur«face, and tie the horse up sufficiently short to prevent his getting his moudi 550 CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOE. to it, or he will bite and blemish the sore and blister his lips. Keep himthus tied iw from twelve to twentv-four hours, smearino^ fresh lard ovei. CATCHING THE BLOOD.(An ObBolete Practice except in Rare Cases.) it at the end of ten hours, to relieve the pain by keeping the air from it,which it will do without interfering with the blister. After about , begin washing it with warm water and a verylittle soap. Soften off the scabs, and clean the skiitaround the blister; and when dry, apply the this once, daily. If the scabs are not softenedoff when pus collects under them, the pus burrows,and if not liberated, is apt to blemish. In mild sweat-blisters, it is not necessary to clipoff the hair. Simply rub the blister in gently once aday, till sore enough, then grease once a day till nearlyhealed. Repeat this as often as necessary. Ointments are preferable to liquid
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