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use a plug of fat bacon inserted into the rectum, about six inches long 

 and three thick, made wedge shape, so as to insert readily. 



The big head I have never failed to cure ; my remedy is enough 

 arsenic to make a pill about the size of a small garden pea ; envelop 

 it in fine muslin or silk paper ; then cut down on the swelling through 

 the skin, raise it a little and place under it the arsenic ; confine with 

 one or two stitches by drawing lips of wound together. After the 

 flesh has dropped out, wash, poultice, &c., as for a sore ; let the 

 horse's food be grass only, I must here give due credit to " The 

 American Farmer " for my practice. 



The hig jaw I have seen only once ; the animal — a noble, high bred 

 brood mare — having it, I was anxious to cure, and asked every body 

 what to do, and as usual, every body knew, and prescribed very vari- 

 ously ; but I took abler counsel ; that farmer's friend " The American 

 Farmer " was consulted. I followed the direction of Mr. Buvard of 

 North Carolina, which was to burn with a dull chisel entirely through 

 each tendon or muscle that leads from nose to eye. Having such 

 confidence in my mare's courage, I did not cord her nose, and accord- 

 ingly burnt through until I could see each end of the muscle and the 

 bone underneath, about midway between the eye and nostril on each 

 side. She also had two " blind teeth " in juxtaposition with the first 

 grinder ; knowing no harm could ensue, I punched these out easily. 

 Soon after, the mare began to thrive ; she had been well attended to; 

 no man's horse could have received better grooming or higher feed, 

 with water and an excellent pasture at control. Yet she continued 

 to decline, and at length became so clumsy that she could not step 

 over a rail. Five to six months has expired ; she is now to every 

 appearance well, and though not half feed allowed her, she has got 

 in good condition. 



Hooks I have experienced no difficulty in curing, by cutting through 

 the skin on the nose below where the tendons above alluded to bifur- 

 cate, then with a baling needle, or some sharp pointed instrument, I 

 pass under the tendon, having cut through the ligament that envel- 

 opes it ; I raise it and twist the needle round, then cut the tendon and 

 sew up the wound ; the irritation and inflammation cures the eye or 

 eyes. Weakness of eyes, or weeping, or the white film that some- 

 times forms on the eye, I treat with loaf sugar, powdered fine and 

 mixed with lard ; a little of this is wiped into the eye with the fore- 

 finger once a day, after bathing with warm water. 



The hollow horn in cattle of course I have seen only once or twice 

 in this State. I then had a gimblet hole bored in a depending spot, 

 and salt water poured therein. This disease I have thought to ori- 

 ginate from bad keeping, and the above case was an ox that I had 

 purchased when old, and poor at that. Big head, or similar diseases, 

 attacking jaw, head or shoulder in cattle, I have never known treated, 

 but think arsenic would cure either, thinking they are similar diseases. 



The diseases of hogs have been more diflScult to manage, but raising 



