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Show SPEEDY REMEDY FOR BLOAT Many Good Animals Are Lost Because Owner Did Not Know How to Treat Case Properly. (By E. S. HAxiNG.) As long as green clover pasture lasts bloat will cause the death ot many a good animal simply because the owner did not know how to treat the case to effect a speedy remedy. Tapping, as every one knows, will usually give relief, but aside from being be-ing a particular piece of work It has the disadvantage of leaving a wound that cuts the animal down in flesh, and it must be protected from the flies during the healing process. Here Is a treatment that I have used in a dozen cases. It has never failed, although in some Instances the animals ani-mals were down on their knees. As soon as the animal is known to be affected get a pail of cold water and pour it slowly over the distended sides of the animal and along the backbone. Repeat a few minutes later. Bloat is caused by a moist steam or vapor generated from the green, wet stuff In the animals paunch, aided by the natural heat of the anlmal'a body. The cold water quickly lowers the temperature, causing the steam to condense and form water, which then passes off by way of the bowels. |