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.

For the Murrain, another excellent Remedy.

This Disease is much incident to some in the Spring especially where they eat Grass among which young He•• lock springs up. It is known by the dull and redness •• the Eyes; the little List the Swine has to stir; his hea•• grunting, and much hanging down his Head.

To remedy this; take the roots of Water or Ga〈…〉〈…〉 Lillies, bruise them, and squeeze out the Juyce, mi•••• quarter of a pint of it with half a pint of Salad Oyl, a•••• half an Ounce of Turmerick finely beaten into powder, give it the Swine in a Horn, that it may the better go down his Throat; and when you perceive him grow hoe, or sweat, blood him under the Ears, Tongue, and Tail, and give him cooling Washes to drink, with a little Bay-Salt sprinkled in it.