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decoction ; wash the animals on the back and on the sides. In twenty-four 

 liours tlie lice will be completely tunned. Tanner's oil is also first-rate. So 

 is snufl" or a decoction of tobacco ; and we have heard of Peruvian guano 

 being used and answering the same purpose as snuff. 



152. Kemedifs for Some of ihe most fommon Diseases of Horses. — Tliorc 

 are a great many little simple cuinplaiiits that can be cured without sending 

 for a veterinary surgeon. We can afford room for only a few, because every 

 person desiring information upon the diseases and cures ot domestic animals, 

 will find it in the Appendix. 



153. To Cure Scratches. — "When the horse comes in at night, his legs 

 should be washed clean and rubbed as dry as may be ; then apply good 

 vinegar, rubbing it well to the skin. Two apj^lications a day are sutiicient. 

 1 have always found it a snre preventive and a certain £ure. If the legs 

 have become cracked and sore, apply the vinegar freely and add a piece of 

 copperas the size of a common hickory nut to a quart of vinegar. 



Another excellent remedy, which we have used a great many times, is 

 beef brine. If the dirt is carefully washed off with warm soap-suds, and then 

 the legs well bathed with the brine, it will require but two or three applica- 

 tions to cure a very bad case of scratches. 



The Maine Farmer gives another remedy. It says : " Take fresh slaked 

 lime, and dust the affected parts well with it twice a day. It will not cause 

 the horse any uneasiness, and will be sure to effect a cure in a few days. 



154. For ileavcs in Horses. — Take smart-weed, steep it in boiling water till 

 the strength is all out ; give one quart every day for eight or ten days. Or mix 

 it with bran or shorts. Give him green or cut-up feed, wot up with water, 



. during the operation, and it will cure. 



155. fhafmg I'uder the Collar. — A gentleman who has tried the plan suc- 

 cessfully for five years, communicates the amiexed method of preventing 

 horses from chafing under the collar. He says he gets a piece of leather, and 

 has what he terms a false collar made, which is simply cutting the leather 

 in such a sha])e as to lie singly between the shoulders of the horse and the 

 collar. This fends off all the Iriction, as the collar slips and moves on the 

 liather, and not on the shouldere of the horse. Chafing is caused by fric- 

 tion, hence, you sec, the thing is entirely feasible. Some persons put pads 

 or sheep-skins under the collar ; these, they say, do as much hurt as good, 

 I'lr they augment the heat. A single piece of leather, like that composing 

 the outside of a collar, without any lining or stuffing, is better than any- 

 thing else. 



15G. For Fistula. — Salt, one tablcspoonful ; soft soap, one tablespoonful ; 

 wiiiskv, one tablespoonful ; turpentine, one tablespoonful. Mix in a tin 

 cup ; place on the hoi-se's nose a twitch, to prevent his moving ; have your 

 mixture placed on a little fire, and as soon as it boils up, pour immediately 

 n])on the diseased jiart ; repeat the operation every ten or twelve days, till ap- 

 jilied three or four times, it" necessary. It will not tidio off the hair or leave 

 any scar. 



