330 HOW TO MAKE THE FAEM PAY. 



pbur one ounce; lard, four ounces. Mix well and preserve for 



use. 



ErE Wash. Take three hen's eggs and break them into a 

 q u:\rt of clear cold rain-water. Stir until thoroughly mixed. 

 Boil over a slow fire, stirring often. Add half an ounce of Eial- 

 phate of zinc, (white vitriol,) continue the boiling a few min- 

 utes, and i.t is ready to set off. The curd that settles in the bot- 

 tom, applied to the eye at night, will draw out all fever and sore- 

 ness. The liquid on top is the best eye wash ever made for 

 man or beast. 



Bleeding is recommended by Youatt, Percival, Mayhew, 

 and Stewart, the leading Veterinarians of this country and Eu- 

 rope. It is to be done judiciously, however, as wholesale blood- 

 letting for every disease is bad practice. Bleed always from 

 the large neck vein, the jugular vein, from six to ten inches 

 down the neck, from the back of the jaw. Draw a small 

 bard cord tightly about the neck, about six inches below the 

 place where you intend to bleed. 



As soon as the neck fills out, moisten the finger, and smooth 

 he hair straight with the vein. Cover the eye on that side. 

 Lay the fleam lengthwise of the vein, holding it in the left hand 

 and strike it a smart blow with, a stick,-taking care not to cut 

 through on the opposite side of the vein. When you wish to 

 stop khe bleeding cut the cord from the neck. 



Bring tWe^ges of the cut together, and pin the skin with a 

 small pin. Tie some of the tail hairs tightly under the pin. 



In twenty-four hours the pin can be removed, and the scar 

 wet occasionally with spittle or, better, diluted arnica. To find 

 the pulse of a horse press the finger along the artery on the un- 

 derside of the lower jaw bone. A proper pulse is thirty to forty 

 per minute. Fifty beats to the minute is evidence of disease. 



Mules The usefulness of the mule as a farm laborer has 



