e as long as
the other. Tea-pots of polished metal are therefore to be preferred.

TEATS. Sore teats, in Neat Cattle, is an affection in those of the cow
kind, to which some are much more subject than others; especially such
as have newly or lately calved. When the teats of these animals are
affected during the summer months, they often become ulcerated, and by
the teazing of the flies, the cattle are rendered difficult to be
milked; they also become a very great nuisance at the periods of
milking, as the discharges from them are apt, without much attention, to
pass between the fingers of the operator into the milk-pail, and spoil
the milk. The affection is caused by inflammation, irritation, and too
much distention of the parts by the milk. In order to the removal of it,
the milk should be first frequently drawn, and the parts well washed
with soft soap and warm water; after which, a substance composed of
elder ointment and wax melted together, to which is then added a little
alum and sugar of lead, in fine powder, may be used to the parts after
milking at night and in the morning; or a weak solution of white vitriol
and a little sugar of lead, in soft water may be made use of in the same
way, in some cases, with more advantage. The addition of a little
assafoetida, and such like substances, in powder, is, it is said,
beneficial in the summer season in driving away the flies. Great care is
to be taken to keep the teats as clean as possible during the time of
cure.

TEETH AND GUMS. In order to preserve the teeth and gums, they require to
be cleaned very carefully; for if the enamel of the teeth be worn off by
an improper mode of cleaning, they will suffer more injury than by a
total neglect. A common skewer of soft wood, bruised and bitten at the
end, will make the best brush for this purpose. Once a week dip the
skewer brush into a few grains of gunpowder, after they have been
bruised, and it will remove every spot and blemish till the teeth appear
beautifully white. The mouth should be well washed after the operation,
to prevent any ill effects of the gunpowder. Teeth, if not regularly
cleaned, are apt to contract a false kind of enamel which is injurious
to the gums, leaving the fangs of the teeth bare, so that they are soon
destroyed, by being exposed to the air, and for want of being protected
by the gums. This tartarous enamel must therefore be scaled off, that
the gums may grow up to their proper place. Rasp