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Tin's is not more effectual than the following much simpler remedy, wliicli 

 wc liave proved for both fistula and poll-evil. Take a lump of potash 

 or saleratus, as big as you can crowd into the pipe of the fistula, and it 

 causes it to discharge more freely for a day or two, and then it begins to 

 heal. In one case of poll-evil, a large mare would not allow any one to 

 touch her head to ajiply the remedy, or in fact to be bridled. For this case 

 we took about two ounces of saleratus and tied it in a cloth, in tiie form of a 

 pad, inside the strap of a halter, where it crossed the top of the head, and by dint 

 of perseverance succeeded at length in getting it on and firmly secured, wheu 

 ■we bid her go and live or die, as she liked — we would do no more for her. 

 A shower fell soon after, and the next time we saw our patient she was par- 

 tially healed : the caustic had taken the hair off, and it had also affected the 

 disease. A fortuiglit later we caught her, and found she did not object to 

 being handled. The disease was cured, and the mare was worth a hundred 

 dollars. AYhen turned out, she could not have been sold for a hundred 

 cents, and the cure had not cost five cents. 



Here is another remedy which may be tried, if it is preferred to the other. 

 The following is sent us as a valuable prescription for several of the ills that 

 horse-fiesli is heir to, such as fistula, poll-evil, ring-bone, big head, etc. : 

 12 oz. of alcohol, 1 oz. of spirits of turpentine, 1 oz. of corrosive sublimate, 

 1 oz. of camphor gum, 1 oz. of oil of spike, 1 oz. of castile soap, 1 oz. of aqua- 

 fortis — mixed and dissolved, and applied with a swab for a day or two, and 

 then intermixed, and apply again. Take care only to touch the jiart af- 

 fected; and, to ^jreveut injury- to the hair or hoof adjacent, rub it well with 

 grease. 



157. White Lead, Its Value on Soresi — W/iife lead in oil, as an external 

 application or remedy, lias no equal. In abrasions, or galls from the sad- 

 dle or collar, or from any other cause, it will speedily aid the part in healing. 

 Applied to the leg of a horse — the outer coating of hair and skin of which 

 was torn off — with a painters brush, caused it to heal and leave no scar. It 

 is good for scratches and all sores upon horses or other animals, and equally 

 good for men. It forms an air-tight coating, and soothes pain. Every farmer 

 should keep a pot and brush ready for use, and he should not fail to apply it 

 to all abraded spots on tools, as well as stock. White lead is the carbonate 

 of the metal, and, when pure, is very white. That having a grayish tint is 

 impure, being generally adulterated. For use as a paint, a lead color is 

 produced by adding lampblack, and a drab or stone color, by adding burnt 

 umber. 



loS. Liniment for Sweeney in IlorseSi — One oz. of oil of spike, 1 oz. of oil 

 of amber, 1 oz. of Venice turpentine, and a small quantity of rock-oil. 



159. Blind Staa;gers. — ^This disease is more common in the Southern than 

 it is in the Northern States. The Cotton Planter newspaper gives the fol- 

 lowing remedy : " Take 1 gal. of green hickory wood aslies, 1 half pint of 

 spirits of turpentine, 1 oz. of gum camphor, and a sufficiency of lye to make 

 a thin mush. Fill a horn with this mush, while boiling hot, and with a tliin 



