68 THE NEW POCKET FARRIER. 



mineral made info a ball, tvith an ounce of the powder 

 of aniseeds, and a spoonful of honey. 



N. B. But you must not give this to a mare with 

 foal. You may bleed her in the roof of the mouth. 



Dr. Morgan, of New Jersey, has the following remedy 

 for botts. Take a table spoonful of unslaked lime, and 

 let it be given with the feed of the horse, at night and 

 morning, regularly, for three, four, or five days, and it 

 will completely expel them. 



Dr. Loomis, of North Carolina, has a drench, com- 

 posed of half a pint of new milk, a gill of molasses, 

 an ounce of copperas, two spoonfuls of common salt, 

 and half a pint of warm water. Give this to the horse 

 once or twice a day for a few days, and it will cure him. 



THE STAGGERS, OR APOPLEXY. 



Do not let your horse stand too long without exercise, 

 it fills his belly too full of meat, and his veins too full 

 of blood. From hence the staggers, and many other 

 distempers. 



Upon an attack of this, the horse drops down suddenly, 

 and lies without sense or motion, except a working of 

 his flanks, which is occasioned by a motion of the heart 

 and lungs, and which never ceases entirely while any 

 spark of life remains. The previous symptoms are, 

 drowsiness, moist watery eyes, which sometimes appear 

 full and inflamed, a disposition to reel, feebleness, want 

 of appetite, an almost continual hanging down of the 

 head ; when the horse thus falls down, the case is 

 desperate indeed ; few, if any, recover. 



There are many distinctions of this disease, as, the 

 sleepy staggers, mud staggers. The mad staggers is 

 that affection of the brain, which causes the animal to 



