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Show Use Formalin Solution to Cure Cattle Bloat P.Ioating in cattle, when reached in time, can often he relieved by drenching drench-ing the animal with a solution of half an ounce of formalin in a quart of water. After the animal has recovered recov-ered a second drench composed of a pound of epsom salts and half an ounce of ginger in a pint of tepid water should he administered. This treatment is being used with marked success in the Kentucky experiment station's herd. When, in the spring, cattle are first turned on clover or other green feed, the change should he gradual. This Is best accomplished by having the cattle graze for 20 to 30 minutes the first day on pasture, and Increase this period each day until the digestive diges-tive organs become accustomed to the green, succulent feed. Dining the early weeks of spring, cattle should not remain in the pasture pas-ture overnight nor he turned on pasture pas-ture while dew or frost Is on the grass. An excellent practice is to feed cattle a little hay or other dry feed before turning them on pasture. Watchfulness during a week or two of early spring will prevent many cases of bloat. |