30 ROE ON THE HORSE. 



neck appears as if parched; hair comes off in 

 spots, leaving rough, scabby patches; the itching 

 intolerable, causing Almost., constant rubbing 

 against anything withi ^.ch. 



TEE> i MEISTT. 



In a clear, warm day, place the horse in the 

 sun, take scrubbing brush or stiff broom and 

 Castile soap-suds, and scrub him all over, and as 

 soon as dry take one quart of Olive Oil and 2 

 ounces of Coal Oil, and when well mixed, satur- 

 ate all over, and repeat the same process if nec- 

 essary. 



QPTHALMIA, 



Or disease of Optic Nerve. 



May be brought on by blows or violence of 

 any kind to the eye; pulling over-loads; fast 

 driving, or anything calculated to over-tax the 

 nerve power. It may likewise be brought on 

 through sympathetic action of other diseases. 



SYMPTOMS. 



At peripds varying in different horses, the 

 pupil of the eye becomes overcast with a clouded 

 or milky appearance; has more or less fever; ac- 

 celerated pulse; loss of appetite; a dull and 

 sleepy appearance; and a partial and sometimes 

 almost total closure 4 of the lids of the eye, while 

 the pupil is always contracted in a degree cor- 

 respondent t@ the irritation produced by the ad- 

 mission of light, and as the disease progresses 

 their appears a white speck or cloud in the Lens, 

 behind the Pupil and Iris. 



