324 now TO make the farm pay. 



Green limbs of the poplar are most excellent in these cases, and 

 will be eaten greedily. Scurvy of the teeth is only a form of 

 decay, the decayed portion being left on the surface. Treat aa 

 above, and when the stomach recovers its- healthy tone, the 

 crust can be removed with a coarse file. The tooth should be 

 sandpapered after filing. Before closing the subject of the 

 teeth, we would say that the practice of feeding unground grain 

 toyouiigcolts, before the permanent teeth are set, is injurious, 

 not only at the time, but in after years. 



There are many abuses of the horse's mouth by bit and 

 bridle ; and mouth and tongue are often chafed and wounded 

 by those who profess to have feeling for brutes. Severe 

 pulling and ^'- sawinrj^ on the bits, pulling up hard and sudden- 

 ly, and all like practices, except w^hen absolutely necessary for 

 personal safety, are to be condemned. Always say whoa, 

 before yuu begin to pull on the bit, and then pull up steadily. 



Lampas us a disease, is only imaginary, it is an inflammation 

 of the muscles in the roof of the mouth. The old resorts to 

 burning, and caustics, are horrible. If the inflammation is 

 severe, make a slight cut in the muscles, chse to the teeth, wash 

 the mouth and gums with some cooling lotion, weak arnica and 

 water, or weak chlorate of potash. 



Diseases of the Throat and Lungs are common in our 

 climate, as well to horses as to man. But climate is not all. 

 The horse has huge lungs, and absorbs large quantities of air 

 at each breath; to breathe this air over again is injurious. 

 When we take into our account, that in ninety-nine stables out 

 of one hundred, the air is not fit for the horse to breathe at all, 

 and that this air has to be breathed over and over many times for 

 lack of ventilation, it is a wonder that any horse has sound lungs. 

 Colds, m/uen^a, (<' pink-eye," "horse-ail," so-called by many 

 Korse jockeys,) are produced in the horse in just the smne manner 



