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SOME DONT'S

mplied by the Officers of the Stock ranch Department of Agriculture), farmers are advised to look out for. affection of calves mouths, sympas of swelling about iaws, mouth rering ulcers on tongue, inside ot sek and lips. Clean out mouth with ive per cent, boracic acid solution; an all feeding utensils, and allow yen in a clean fresh paddock. Don't ip calves in dirty pens or surroundb, or tied up behind hedges, or pine as. Dirty surroundings where calves I pigs are kept is s a helpful way to duce various diseases—tuberculosis, natitls, rickets, 'etc. IThen a cow is down with milk fever >t turn her over to pump up the ts next the ground. Turning over na'ny cases is a source of pneumonia ough the cow while in an uncon>us state, drawing part of the stomcontents from the pharynx into the gs. Don't attempt to drench any rial when m a comatose or uncouus state, as the result is almost sure >c a case of septic pneumonia. Al's prop the cow up on her brisket, on't feed carrots and mangels with i on, and don't feed too many out this time of the year; balance the on. Green feed in over abundance k source of red water and digestive lbles. Don't neglei to keep minkmachines clean, as neglected chines is one source of bad milk and > quarters. on't do without a boiler at the ting shed for a good supply of boiland hot water for cleaning raachi, etc. on't trust to the iaetory for your >m/b"f not water, >bwt forget cleanliness and carefulI is the keynote for producing firits dairy products. on't forget that thorough economy k sourcts revenue in some things. , much economy can be made exragance^ in th© care of a dairy herd. On't send milk from cows affeeteof i mammitis, hard, swollen and , puratfng quarters, constitutional iurbance, or any abnormal state of Ith/ for direct human consumption fco the factory to be manufactured ( > dairyi products.' ?.'■ ( on't forget the first law of nature is ; preservation tif human health, ana , milk supply to be pure must come ■ < n healthy cows and produced under n conditions. j )onot neglect to übbrn or bury all af- ! < >irtKs found in paddocks. Cows witb. 11 raved appetites and digestive or- I, s-eat -anything' abnormal, and in - sral cases cows have died, and when • ', masses were opened decomposed af- j >irths ha\iß been found in the stom- , i._ This accounts for sudden deaths I, (airy cows. ' . ~ L