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Speaking of the diseases and complaints of cattle, the Country Gentleman says : — There is one medicine for eattie that can never do harm and is commonly beneficial ; thia is pulverised charcoal. Nearly all sick animals become so from improper eating in the first place. Nine cases out of ten the digestion is wrong. Charcoal is the most efficient and rapid corrective. It will cure in a majority of eases if properly administered, An example of ifcs use — one of the old men came in with the intelligence that one of Bs finest cows was very sick, and a kind neighbor proposed the usual drugs and poison. The owner being ill and unable to examine the cow, concluded that the trouble came from over-eating, and ordered a teacup of pulverised charcoal given in water. It was mixed in a, bottle, the -head held upward, and the water with its charcoal poured downward. In five minutes an improvement was visible, and in a few hours the animal was in the pasture quietly eating grass. Another instance of equal success occurred with a young heifer, which became badly bloated by eating greenstuff. The bloat was so severe that the sides were almost as hard as a barrel. The old remedy, soda, was tried for the purpose of correcting the acidity. But the attempt to put it down always caused coughing, and it did little good". Half a tea-cupful of fresh powdered charcoal was next g\ ren. In six hours all appearance of bloat was gone.

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Southland Times, Issue 1659, 8 November 1872, Page 1 (Supplement)

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Untitled Southland Times, Issue 1659, 8 November 1872, Page 1 (Supplement)

Untitled Southland Times, Issue 1659, 8 November 1872, Page 1 (Supplement)

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