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Rectangular label printed in black on red paper with a decorative border around the edges. The title, dosage, note about use after calving are separated by double line rules, the latter being printed upside down - presumably this was meant to wrap round a package of some description.

Veterinary medical ephemera. Cattle. Box 1

Devon drench : a famous and invaluable remedy for the disorders of horses, cattle, sheep, pigs : Especially so for red water, scouring, cold, colic and influenza, milk fever, costiveness, etc. : also as a cleansing drench for cows and ewes after calving and lambing and preventative of milk fever.

Rectangular label printed in black ink on white paper within a decorative border.

A cleansing drench and certain restorative for cows, after bad calvings : to be given fasting, in three pints of gruel, sweetened with a quarter of a pound of treacle or brown sugar.

Rectangular label printed in black ink on white paper within a double line border. Small illustration of a cow in profile facing to the right in the centre.

Purgative drink : genuine horse and cattle medicines : cow drenches of all kinds... / prepared by Alfred Parker.

Black double line border around the edges of the label. Text at top in decorative type with flourishes and a coat of arms in the centre with the motto vis unita fortior. 'Drink before calving...' is inside a one line border below, with an illustration of a cow to the left of it.

Drink before calving : to be mixed with a pint of warm water, & given two days before the cow is due to calve / Fred.k L. Gooch.

Rectangular label printed in black ink on white paper within a single line border, divided into 3 vertical sections. Directions for use are to the left and the right of the central section.

Baker's Purified Driffield Oils : for preventing gangrene, or mortification after lambing or calving and for wounds in horses, cattle, calves, sheep and lambs, such as tumours, hard swellings, sprains, strains, broken knees, sore shoulders, saddle crushes, cracked heels, kicks, cuts, bruises, sore teats, fly galls and sore heads in sheep, and external inflammation of all kinds / Baker & Son (Geo. F. Bevis)

Rectangular label printed in black ink on pale green paper within a double line border.

Cold & chill mixture : an effective cure for all udder complaints in cattle and sheep.

Rectangular label printed in black on pale blue paper with the words 'red water in cattle' in red. A decorative border of a repeated flower motif is repeated around the edges and a small illustration of a bull and four sheep in a field is in the centre of the label with a single line rule and space for overprinted retail information below.

Laurence's cure for red water in cattle : this remedy has been used with the greatest success for more than 200 years.

Rectangular label printed in black ink on red paper within a double line border. Space is left at the bottom for retail overprinting.

Drying-off Drench.

Rectangular label printed in black ink on white paper within a double line border. Small illustration of a calf in profile to the left of the title.

Scour or diarrhoea mixture for calves : two table-spoonfuls to be given night and morning : also the best remedy for diarrhoea in pigs... / Alfred Parker.

Black double line border around the edges of the label. Text at top in decorative type with flourishes and a coat of arms in the centre with the motto vis unita fortior. 'Cleansing Drink...' is inside a one line border below.

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Devon drench : a famous and invaluable remedy for the disorders of horses, cattle, sheep, pigs : Especially so for red water, scouring, cold, colic and influenza, milk fever, costiveness, etc. : also as a cleansing drench for cows and ewes after calving and lambing and preventative of milk fever.

A cleansing drench and certain restorative for cows, after bad calvings : to be given fasting, in three pints of gruel, sweetened with a quarter of a pound of treacle or brown sugar.

Purgative drink : genuine horse and cattle medicines : cow drenches of all kinds... / prepared by Alfred Parker.

Drink before calving : to be mixed with a pint of warm water, & given two days before the cow is due to calve / Fred.k L. Gooch.

Cold & chill mixture : an effective cure for all udder complaints in cattle and sheep.

Laurence's cure for red water in cattle : this remedy has been used with the greatest success for more than 200 years.

Drying-off Drench.

Scour or diarrhoea mixture for calves : two table-spoonfuls to be given night and morning : also the best remedy for diarrhoea in pigs... / Alfred Parker.

Cleansing drink : to be given in a pint of warm water directly the cow calves / from Fred.k L. Gooch.

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Devon drench : a famous and invaluable remedy for the disorders of horses, cattle, sheep, pigs : Especially so for red water, scouring, cold, colic and influenza, milk fever, costiveness, etc. : also as a cleansing drench for cows and ewes after calving and lambing and preventative of milk fever.

A cleansing drench and certain restorative for cows, after bad calvings : to be given fasting, in three pints of gruel, sweetened with a quarter of a pound of treacle or brown sugar.

Purgative drink : genuine horse and cattle medicines : cow drenches of all kinds... / prepared by Alfred Parker.

Drink before calving : to be mixed with a pint of warm water, & given two days before the cow is due to calve / Fred.k L. Gooch.

Cold & chill mixture : an effective cure for all udder complaints in cattle and sheep.

Laurence's cure for red water in cattle : this remedy has been used with the greatest success for more than 200 years.

Drying-off Drench.

Scour or diarrhoea mixture for calves : two table-spoonfuls to be given night and morning : also the best remedy for diarrhoea in pigs... / Alfred Parker.

Cleansing drink : to be given in a pint of warm water directly the cow calves / from Fred.k L. Gooch.

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