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Remedy For A Sick Coir

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Parent Issue
Day
13
Month
May
Year
1887
Copyright
Public Domain
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Want of nutritiouá food previousto cnlving is acommon caviseof weakness j aïter calving. The cow'ssystem ia ex' hausted by the calving, and if she is I deficiënt in strengt h she ialls off rap idly. Twenty pounds of good hay or I three or four quarts of bran ormid! dlings daily is little enough to keep a ; cow in good Btrong conditioa through the winter. Aft-er cal ving this food may ' be increased a little if the cow gives as niuch a-s 12 or 14 quarta of milk. To bring up a cow when she falls off is a difficult matter; it is j ensier to keep her up; but the only way is to glve her good food, and, if her appetite is poor, to give tonics to ■ strengthen it. In this case give a pint Í of raw linseed oil - not salts, whichare weakening - and repeat in three days I if necessary. Then give a warm bran ; slop, with a tablpspoonful of salt and a teaspoonful of each ofpowderedsul j phate of iron and ginger in it_once a j day. Some cut turnips or carrots or potatocs would bc useful to the cow. ! The drinking water should be warmed j a little and a handfnl of íine cornmeal i etirred in it.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Democrat