520 GRUBS. 



GRUBS. 



Symptoms A thick round lump about the size of a raisin 

 on the skin, but not painful on pressure, denotes that the larva of 

 the gad fly has been deposited beneath the skin and is developing. 

 These are usually deposited along the back. 



Remedy Make an opening with a penknife if necessary, and 

 gradually squeeze them out. The grubs may generally be pressed out 

 by using the thumbs well pressed down under the swelling, and with 

 a firm and continued pressure upwards, the larva will spring out 

 sometimes several feet distant. 



HEAVES. 



Symptoms A cough which has a peculiar wheezing sound, 

 somewhat resembling a grunt. The subject is a confirmed dys- 

 peptic, having a voracious appetite, staring coat, large belly, spare 

 muscles, dull, miserable look, drooping head, unwilling to travel 

 fast, and when urged to do so soon becomes exhausted and " used 

 up." These are the principal symptoms, and are common to both 

 Heaves and Broken- Wind. 



Remedies 1. It has been discovered that horse-radish is a 

 good remedy for the heaves. It is to be given to the horse in his 

 feed. 



2. Parties living on the western prairies have almost a sure 

 cure at hand by simply turning the horse out where rosin weed is 

 plentiful. 



3. Add indigo to water until it is blue, and give a two-gal- 

 lon pailful two or three times a day. Old horsemen assert that 

 they have never known a remedy to bear any comparison to this, 

 in value, for curing heaves. 



4. A remedy, which has effected many cures, is to wrap the 

 bit of the bridle with tobacco leaves, and keep them on for weeks 

 at a time. Moisten a plug of tobacco and from this separate the 

 Jeaves, or use the natural leaf when it can be gotten. 



5. Smart-weed is highly recommended for this "disease. 

 From one and a half to two pints of a strong decoction of it is to be 

 given daily, for ten or twelve days. It may be mixed with the 

 horse's feed. During this time he should be fed on cut or green 

 feed. The former should be wet with water. 



6. Oil of tar it a reliable remedy for the cure of heaves. W. J. 

 Flint, a veterinary surgeon and stock dealer of St. Louis, says in one of 

 his publications, in regard to the oil of tar: "I have had a very large 

 experience in treating this disease for the past twenty years, and have 

 found this remedy to surpass all others. I have cured more than 

 twenty cases of heaves with it without failure. I now regard it 

 tu an infallible remedy in this disease" The ordinary dose is 



