Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1908 — Never Drench Cattle. [ARTICLE]

Never Drench Cattle.

Drenching cattle is a dangerous practice. If a cow’s head be raised as high as possible and her mouth kept open by the drenching bottle or horn a portion of the liquid is very apt to pass down the windpipe into the lungs, sometimes causing instant death by smothering, at other times causing death to follow in a few days from congestion or inflammation of the lungs. Give all cattle their medicine hypodermically or in feed. If they refuse feed, give it dry on the tongue. The proper method of giving a cow medicine is to stand on the right side of the cow, placing the left arm around the nose and at the same time opening her mouth, and with a spoon in the right hand place the medicine, which should be in a powdered form, back on the tongue. She can then swallow with safety.—Dr. David Roberts in Wisconsin State Veterinarian.