366 _ RECIPES. 
FOR BLOOD OR WIND SPAVIN IN THE GAMBREL JOINT. 
Open the swelled part carefully and squeeze out the blood ; 
simmer one ounce of alum in one pint of chamber-lye— 
syringe out the blood well with it, and bathe it outwardly 
(hot) with it, You may have to use the syringe two or three 
times. Or take one-half pint of tanner’s oil and one gill of 
spirits turpentine, and shake them well together when you 
*use it. Bathe with this once a day till the bunch is gone. — 
Then make a strong tea of white oak bark and alum wash, 
(one ounce alum to a pint.) Wash the wound with“it twice 
a day, and anoint it with Bony 1 grease or mutton tallow and 
sweet cream.- 
FOR CATTLE THAT CANNOT MAKE WATER. 
‘Take one pound of cardus and steep it in white wine over 
night, strain it, and give to your beast. It will force urine 
and i increase the appetite. Or take one-fourth pound anise 
seed, one-fourth pound cumin seed, one-fourth pound parsley 
seed, one-half pound pumpkin seed, two ounces dwarf elder 
berries, steep them all together in two quarts _— and give 
a pint of it every twelve hours. 
FOR THE THROAT DISTEMPER IN HORSES. 
Take devil’s-bit or wild turnip one spoonful, made fine, and 
mix it-with wheat bran. Give this dose wepeeredly to 
horses, It has never been known to fail. 
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20 BRING DOWN SWELLINGS =. HORSES. 
Bo sorrel i in chamber-lye,, rub with a woolen rag when 
and d a in with a hot brick, Do it twice a day. 
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