The horse and other live stock . he surface; this isput aside, and sold to the makers of yellow soap. Theliquid itself is used as a kind of glue, and is purchased bythe cloth-draper for stiffening. The bony substance remain-ing behind is then sent to the mill, and, after having beenground down, is sold to farmers for manure. Besides these various purposes to which the different parts 20i CATTLE AND THEIR DISEASES. of the horn are applied, the clippings which arise in comb-making are sold to the farmer for manure, as well as theshavings which form the refuse of the , as is we
The horse and other live stock . he surface; this isput aside, and sold to the makers of yellow soap. Theliquid itself is used as a kind of glue, and is purchased bythe cloth-draper for stiffening. The bony substance remain-ing behind is then sent to the mill, and, after having beenground down, is sold to farmers for manure. Besides these various purposes to which the different parts 20i CATTLE AND THEIR DISEASES. of the horn are applied, the clippings which arise in comb-making are sold to the farmer for manure, as well as theshavings which form the refuse of the , as is well known, is easily rendered soft and pliant inwarm water; and by this peculiarity and its property of ad-nering like glue, large plates of horn can be made by cement-mg together the edges of small pieces rendered flat by apeculiar process, as a substitute for glass. Imitation oftortoise-shell can be given to horn by means of variousmetallic solutions. Horn, also, when softened, can beimprinted with any pattern, by means of dies. Under this head it is proposed to notice suchdiseases as are most common among cattle, together withtheir symptoms, and to suggest such treatment of the sameas has been found in the practice of the author, in the main,effective. He is aware that much more space might havebeen appropriated to this head, as has been the case in othertreatises of this class; but he doubts the propriety of multi-plying words about diseases which are of very rare occur-rence, deeming it more fitting to leave such instances ex-clusively to the inteUigent consideration of the reliableveterinary practitioner. 205 206 CATTLE AND THEIR DISEASES. For convenience of reference, tlie diseases here noticedhave been arranged in alphabetical order; the whole con-cluding with information as to two or three operations whichcannot be uninteresting to, or unprofitable for, the reader. ABORTION. The cow is, more than any other animal, subject to abor-tion, or slinking, which takes place at
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