308 now TO MAKE THE FARM PAY. 



in the uose for eight or ten days ; drench with the tobacco mix 

 lure two or three times at intervals of three days. Give the 

 horse as much sulphur and resin as you can get him to eat, for 

 the space of ten days. A full dose will be four ounces of sul- 

 phur, and two of resin, both pulverized. Let the food be light 

 and relaxing, grass if it is in season ;" if not, boiled roots thick- 

 ened with shorts, and salted. A quantity of salt should be 

 placed where the animal can help himself. "Attend promptly 

 to disinfecting your stable. Fumigate it with tobacco-smoke 

 while the horse is in it. Make him and all his companions in- 

 hale as much of the smoke as you can. Fill the stable with 

 the smoke until you can no longer remain in it yourself. Wash 

 every part of it, and especially the mangers, with a strong de- 

 coction of tobacco, and keep pounded tobacco leaves in every 

 feeding place used by any horse that has been exposed to the 

 disease." An occasional fumigation of the stable when any in- 

 fectious disease is suspected, will act as a preventive. 



Blind Staggees is a disease known only on the newly 

 cleared plantations of the Southern States, and is caused by 

 eating worm-eaten corn. The worm leaves a peculiar and 

 poisonous dust on the corn, which the horse inhales, the pas- 

 sages from the eyes to the nose are closed, inflammation ensues, 

 the poison is carried to the brain, and the horse goes deaf, blind, 

 and raving mad. Cure is doubtful if not discovered before the 

 mad stage. Bleed freely, give the tobacco decoction recom- 

 mended for glanders, and, if possible, add a half pound of 

 ei)som salts. While still under the effects of this medicine give 

 two ounces of laudanum in a little warm water. Your object 

 is to get the horse quiet, and to prevent spasms. Make a soft 

 swab or mop on the end of a stick, and swab out the nostrils 

 with the decoction of tobacco and warm water. This is to 

 open the passages to the eye, and as soon as a discharge can be 



