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Rh will generally clean out the germs there and should soon end the discharge.

Another very effective local treatment is composed of 1 drachm of oil of eucalyptus and 1 ounce of liquid petroleum. This can be applied best in an atomizer two or three times a day. If colds are taken in hand at once with this treatment, they will generally be cured.

But where the specimen is badly afflicted, run down in flesh, refuses to eat, and the discharge has reached a yellow or green condition, it is best to kill the animal, if it is not especially valuable. It may be and generally is the cheapest policy in the long run.

At any rate, the hutch occupied by an afflicted animal must be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected before other animals are allowed to occupy the hutch. It should be scrubbed in strong soap and water, given an application of lime and carbolic acid and allowed to sun for several days. It should