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THE MODERN SYSTEM 



be at all sore, giving a ball is always attended 

 with difficulty ; and should this be the case : 



Take Glauber salts - - 4 oz. 

 Linseed meal - - 2 do. 



Mix your linseed meal with a little cold water 

 first in a bason, then take about a quart of hot 

 water, and dissolve the salts ; when done, mix 

 altogether, and carefully horn it down. This 

 must be repeated morning and night, until 

 you perceive the swelling goes down, and 

 the Horse begins to feed better. Should 

 you be able to give him the ball, you must let 

 five or six days intervene before you repeat 

 the dose. 



Some Horses are extremely awkward, either 



to give a draught, or take a ball ; if such 

 should be the case : 



Take Sulphur - - - - i 2 oz. 



Glauber salts, finely powdered 1 lb. 

 Well work together in a mortar, 



And give one in the Horse's feed, morning and 

 night. 



For feed give bran mashes cold ; but if he 

 should not take to them well, put a handful 

 of sweet oats with them to entice him to eat. 

 Mind, in all cases when you have to feed 

 sick Horses, that your hands are free from un- 

 pleasant smells, as they are so exceedingly 

 delicate, that the least oflfensive smell wDi 

 occasion them to refuse all kinds of food, even 

 if their appetite be ever so good. 



