The husbandman, farmer and grasier's compleat instructor. Containing choice and approved rules, and directions for breeding, feeding, chusing, buying, selling, well ordering and fatning bulls, cows, calves, rams, ews, lambs, swine, goats, asses, mules, &c. : How to know the several diseases incident to them, by their signs and symptoms, with proper remedies to cure them; : as likewise all griefs, and sorrances what-ever. : Also, a treatise of dogs, and conies, in their breeding, ordering, and curing the distempers they are subject to. : To which is added, The experienced vermine-killer, in particular directions, for taking and destroying all sorts of vermine in houses, out-houses, fields, garden, graneries, and other places. / By A.S. Gent.

Murrains of sundry kinds, their Symtoms and proper Remedies

To know if your Cattle be tainted with this dangerous Distomper, which often sweeps away whole Herds, if not timely prevented: Take the following observation, viz.

In some Murrains the Cattle drivel and run both at Nose a••d Mouth; in others it afflicts them with extream Thirst, and pining away; and in many Cases it appears in the Joynts, which is known by their much halting, before it can otherwise be much perceived; sometimes it is known by an afflicting weakness in the Back and hinder parts, causing great Pains and Aches in the Loyns: There is a∣nother kind rises with Pimples all over the Body, as also the swelling out of the Humour in divers parts, and then the Disease begins to settle between the Skin and the Hide, and sometimes appears like a Leaprosie in Pimples and Knobs all over the Body; their Eyes grow dull, and their Appetite fails them; and when any of these symtoms ap∣pear, immediatly seperate those on whom they are visible.

To Remedy these Distempers, take Fennal-seed, Sea-Thistle, Angelica-roots, stamp and in••use them in White∣wine, take a handful of each, to two quarts of Wine; and so, proportionable to the number of your Cattle; boyl them with two ounces of Wheat-flower, then strain out the liquid part, and give a pint at a time, very hot Morn∣ing and Evening; bathe their Body with the decoction of Hellebore or Baresfoot, a Herb so called, which holds all the Winter; and let them have fresh Air, clean Litter, and with the Root of the forementioned Herb cut triangu∣lar, the better to keep it in, peg their Dewlaps, by mak∣ing first a hole through the Skin with a pegging Awl or Bodkin, and by being renewed, it will attract to it the poysonous corruption in a great measure, and eva••nate it at the hole.

Instructions to know whether the Murrain has seized an Ox or Cow, &c, beyond recovery, or to render it exceeding diff••cult.

To be satisfied in this, let the Beast blood in the Neck-Vein, taking away somewhat more than three pints, if the Beasts strength will allow it; if not, somewhat less, ac∣cording to it; let it stand an Hour or Two, and if the Blood change, there is a fair prospect of Recove••••; but if it do not, the Case is very desperate and little hopes remains.

However, in this Case, open the Ox or Cows Mouth, thrus•• your Fingers to the Root of it, make way for a Ball of rusty Fat Bacon, about the bigness of an Egg, tempered with bruised Ragwort, bleed him or her at the Nose.

This done, take Rue, Longwort, Transie, Time and Hy∣sop, of each half a handful; add long Pepper, Orpiment, Ju∣niper berries and Tangerick, of each a penny worth, boyl them in White-wine and give it the Beast hot. viz. The liquid part to the quantity of a quart, having well tempered it with two Ounces of Methridate.