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Bandages snugly applied are indicated where there is cold swelling 

 of limbs (stocking); also to hold antiseptic cotton upon a wound treated 

 with a dressing powder such as is made of one part of iodoform and six 

 I>artB of boracic acid. This powder will be found suitable for dressing 

 wounds of the foot, or coronet of hoof, which so often cause lameness. 

 A suitable liniment for stimulating parts in lameness, where the in- 

 flammation has subsided, is made "by mixing together one ounce each of tur- 

 pentine and aqua ammonia with four ounces of druggist's soap liniment 

 and water to inake one pint. A suitable lotion for use on barbed-wire 

 wounds, often productive of lameness, either at the time or through bad 

 treatment, Is made by mixing together one ounce of sugar of lead, six 

 drams of sulphate of zinc, one dram of pure carbolic acid, and a pint of 

 cold water. Label the bottle "poison;" shake the medicine thoroughly 

 before using and apply several times dally by dashing straight from the 

 bottle on the wound. To reduce heat and pain in a swollen joint the 

 compress may be kept wet with a "refrigerant lotion" such as a mix- 

 ture of one ounce each of powdered saltpetre, chloride of ammonia and 

 fluid extract of arnica in a pint of cold water. Blistering is necessary 

 for all bony growths that cause lameness, and often it is best to have 

 the parts fired by a veterinarian before applying the blister. A suitable 

 bll8.ter for bony growths such as "splints" and ringbones is made by 

 mixing together one dram of biniodide of mercury and two ounces of cerate 

 of cantharides. This blister will also do for application to a spaving after 

 firing the Joint, but where lameness is due to shrunken muscles the 

 cerate alone should be used, and as a general rule a strong blister must 

 not be applied high up on the hip as sloughing of the skin will be sure 

 to follow. 



In conclusion, let us advise that instant attention should be paid to 

 every case of lameness and that home treatment should be simple and 

 soothing, the more severe measures sometimes necessary being left to 

 the hands of the skilled graduate veterinarian. 



MULE BREEDING PROFITABLE. 

 D. Z. Evans. Jr., in Metropolitan and Rural Home. 



Despite the fact that the automobile has come to stay, and that to 

 the thousands of vehicles of this kind that are now in use, thousands are 

 being added yearly, horses and mules will not and can not be dispensed 

 with. Like the sewing-machine and hundreds of other labor-saving in- 

 veintions, when they came on the market everyone predicted the death- 

 knell of the workingman or woman, yet instead of lessening avenues of 

 labor, they seemed to increase it. So it is with the use of motor vehicles; 

 they will by no means cause an absolute disuse of the horse or mule, 

 but rather add to the facilities for work and transportation. It only 

 caused a slight jar in the economy of things when these motors came 

 to stay, in the system of readjustment to meet the changed conditions, 

 and now horse and mule breeders are as active as ever, and making as 

 much profits. In fact, their profits are greater, for they are giving more 

 care to selection and breeding. 



