A mixture of chalk, saleratus, and soda is often given by farmers; yet they do not afford permanent relief. They do some good by correcting the acidity of the stomach; but the animals are often affected with diarrhoea, or costiveness, loss of appetite, colic, and convulsions. Attention to the diet would probably do more than all the medicine in the world. Yet if they do get sick, something must be done. The best forms of absorbents are the following: they restore healthy action to the lost function at the same time that they neutralize the gas. FORMS OF ABSORBENTS. Powdered charcoal, 1 table-spoonful. " snakeroot, half a table-spoonful. " caraways, 1 tea-spoonful. Hot water, 1 quart. Mix. To be given at one dose, for a cow; half the quantity, or indeed one third, is sufficient for a calf, sheep, or pig. _Another._ Powdered charcoal, 1 table-spoonful. To be given in thoroughwort tea, to which may be added a very small portion of ginger. _Another, adapted to City Use._ Subcarbonate of soda, 1 tea-spoonful. Tincture of gentian, 1 ounce. Infusion of spearmint, 1 pint. Mix. Give a cow the whole at a dose, and repeat daily, for a short time, if necessary. One half the quantity will suffice for a smaller animal. _Drink for Coughs._ Balm of Gilead buds, half an ounce. Honey, 2 table-spoonfuls. Vinegar, 1 wine-glassful. Water, 1 pint. Set the mixture on the fire, in an earthen vessel; let it simmer a few minutes. When cool, strain, and it is fit for use. Dose, a wine-glassful, twice a day. _Another._ Balsam copaiba, 1 ounce. Powdered licorice, 1 ounce. Honey, 2 table-spoonfuls. Boiling water, 1 quart. Rub the copaiba, licorice, and honey together in a mortar: after they are well mixed, add the water. Dose, half a pint, night and morning. _Another._ Balsam of Tolu, half an ounce. Powdered marshmallow roots, 1 ounce. Honey, half a gill. Boiling water, 2 quarts. Min. Dose, half a pint, night and morning. _Drink for a Cow after Calving._ Bethwort, 1 ounce. Marshmallows, 1 ounce. First make an infusion of bethwort by simmering it in a quart of water. When cool, strain, and stir in the mallows. Dose, half a pint, every two hours. VETERINARY MATERIA MEDICA, EMBRACING A LIST OF THE VARIOUS REMEDIES USED BY THE AUTHOR OF THIS WORK IN THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE ON CATTLE, SHEEP, AND SWINE. ACACIA, CATECHU, or JAPAN EARTH. It is a powerful astringent and tonic, and given, in half tea-spoonful doses, in mucilage of slippery elm or mallows, is a valuable remedy in diarrhoea, or excessive discharges of urine.