332 now TO .make the farm pay. 



not done, dirt will collect inside it, forming into lumps, which 

 irritate it, and cause inflammation. Foul, putrid, offensive mat- 

 ter runs from the sheath, a disgusting advertisement of either 

 iho ignorance or carelessness of his keeper. The penis is not 

 protruded at all to urinate, but the water is allowed to run out 

 of the sheath. The first. thing to be done is to remove the 

 lumps, wagh the sheath with soap and water, and grease it with 

 lard and salt. This washing and greasing should be repeated 

 two or three times a week, until the sheath is perfectly well and 

 ihe foul odor gone. 



Diseases of the Heart and Blood are not common, unless 

 we name all fever a disease of the blood, which it really is. 

 Disease of the heart cannot be ascertained except by the most 

 experienced eye and ear, and when discovered we know of no 

 remedy. Fevers accompany nearly all diseases of the horse, 

 and require no separate treatment. Bleeding is treated of under 

 the head of Eemedies. Poisons of snakes and insects, should 

 be treated at once with a half pint of whisky and a teaspoonful 

 of hartshorn, internally, and a wash of the same externally 

 For the sting of insects, mosquitos, gadflies, etc., we would 

 recommend, as a preventive, the use of the cresylic soap, sold 

 by Orange, Judd & Co., publishers of the A7nerican Agricul- 

 turist^ New York. An animal washed with this is insect proof, 

 and the endless torment and irritation are at an end. A box of 

 ten pounds costs four dollars, and will prove well worth the 

 money. We would once more caution farmers against the use 

 of poisons in treating their stock. Nux vomica, cantharides or 

 Sjxmish flies, copperas, or sulphate of iron, and corrosive sublimate, 

 are all poisons. Sumach will sometimes poison the nose, caus- 

 ing sores. These should be greased with glycerine or lard. 



Fractures of the skull, of the nasal bones, and of the ribs, 

 ire sometimes caused by blows or kicks. No person should 



