A New System of Husbandry (Volume 1); From Many Years Experience, with Tables Shewing the Expence and Profit of Each Crop

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1785. Excerpt: ... To Jlop Scowering in Cattle. TAKE half a pint of old verjuice, and mix in it an ounce of bole-armoniac reduced to powder; or, for want of this, bruise to powder a large handful of kennel coal, and give it in a quart of new milk three mornings together. To make a Cow take Bull. GIVE her three mornings together three pints of milk each morning, warm from any cow that is a bulling, put into the milk a handful of rye-meal, let the bull go with her, and she will soon take him. To cure the Maw Burn. TAKE two quarts of new butter milk, half a pound of honey, and a pint of linseed-oil, mix all well together, and give it lukewarm one half as a clyster, and the other down the throat, but rake the beast first, with a small hand well greased. To kill Worms in Cattle, prevent Sickness, and make them thrive, TO every gallon of water mix half a stone of salt, and a quart of tar, and give every beast a pint once every fortnight, particularly if you dread any disorder; if you give your cattle a handful of dry salt every ten or fifteen days, it will make them thrive amain. To dry up Milk in Cattle you want to feed. TAKE an ounce of powdered allum, boil it in two quarts of milk till it turns to whey, then take a large handful of sage, and boil it in the whey till you reduce it to one quart, rub her udder with a little of it, and give her the rest by way of drink; milk her clean before you give it her, and as you fee need requires, repeat it. Draw a little milk from her every second or third day, lest her udder be overcharged. To prevent the Black-Leg, or Black-Quartert in '. Calves or Lambs. THIS distemper may be prevented, but cannot be cured when it once seizes the creature; the best lambs and calves are most generally subject to it, it is occasioned by an over-rankness ...