166 HOW TO EDUCATE HORSES. 



pulverized verdigris; this will dry up. But when 

 the heels are badly cracked and ulceration has 

 commenced it will be necessary to poultice them 

 with linseed oil, or, if not at hand, carrots boiled soft 

 and mashed fine; this is a good poultice for any in- 

 flamed part. 



When inflammation and pain have gone, and there 

 is a healthy discharge of matter, dress with an oint- 

 ment of one ounce of resin, two. ounces of honey in 

 the comb, two ounces of lard, and one ounce of cali- 

 man powder; this cools and heals very fast. If the 

 fungus is not entirely gone, wash with two drachms 

 of blue vitriol in a pint of water. It is well to give a 

 mild diuretic every third day — one tablespoonful of 

 pulverized resin in a ball of bran mash. Mash the 

 horse while treating for this. Sassafras tea is good 

 for him. If the legs swell after they are healed, band- 

 age every night, and give moderate walking exercise. 

 Give a slight purge of linseed oil or Barbadoes aloes. 



For all bruises and swelling of the limbs use 

 thoroughwort and mullein, steeped and applied as hot 

 as possible, with bandages. 



The horse pulse beats from thirty-six to forty-four 

 per minute in health; ninety feet of distentions, thirty 

 feet of large and sixty feet of small; stomach said to 

 hold about twenty-four quarts. It varies with the size 

 of the horse. 



TO RESTORE THE APPETITE. 



Use of pulverized caraway seeds and bruised raisins, 

 four ounces each; of ginger and palm oil, two ounces 

 each. Always use twice as much of the first as of the 

 last, in whatever quantity you wish to make it. Give 

 a small ball once a day until the appetite is restored; 

 use mashes at the same time. 



