OF FARRIERY. 



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Blue vitriol 

 Alum 



1 ounce. 

 - 1 do. 



Sprinkle either of these all over the sole, so as to 

 lightly cover it ; then lay a plegit of the finest 

 and clearest tow on the whole ; fill the whole 

 cavity with other tow thickly over the bot- 

 tom of the foot, fastened in with strips of wood, 

 as before directed, crossing each other ; this 

 will keep up a firm and equal pressure. Now 

 take a piece of coarse cloth or sacking, and 

 wrap the whole well up in it. This will keep 

 the foot dry, as nothing tends to increase the 

 growth of proud flesh so much as moisture. 



There is a great fault in not dressing cank- 

 ered feet sufficiently often. Once a day they 

 they ought at least to be dressed ; but if the 

 case be had, they ought to be examined 

 morning and evening. Trouble, in this disease, 

 must not be noticed ; for if the foot becomes 

 neglected, the parts are much longer healing, 

 and when healed are noc near so firm, as if 

 well attended to. Horses afiected with this 

 disease should never be turned out. In order 



to avoid moisture, the mild caustic plan of 

 treatment, with the pressure of tow nicely 

 fitted into the foot, will be found to equal any 

 dressing, when applied with care. You should 

 give alterative medicines (see medicines,) 

 every second day. 



FALSE QUARTER. 



False quarter generally arises from one. or 

 the other of the peceding diseases; in which, 

 from the injury done to the coronary vascular 

 ligament, at one immediate part, it can never 

 afterwards secrete horn in a perfect line ; but 

 the break of interruption which first origin- 

 ated between the old and the new horn, con- 

 tinues to be propagated. Consequently, it is 

 called false quarter; and it, of course, very 

 much weakens the foot. Sandcrack is some- 

 times produced by it. The only remedy here, 

 is continually blistering the coronet at the 

 quarter, and shoe with a bar-shoe, well laid 

 off at the seat of disease. You may dress the 

 hoof with tar, or the foot-ointment (see medi- 

 cines,) and keep as free from dirt as possible. 



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