202 EVERY MAN HIS OWN FARRIER 



Take of quicksilver, 1 ounce ; 



Goose grease, 2 or 3 drams. 



To be rubbed together in a mortar till the quick- 

 silver is completely killed; then add the following in 

 fine powder. 



After this operation, and the scurf has fallen off, if 

 there should remain any hardness, and the animal is 

 still lame, the blister may be repeated, which seldom 

 fails to produce a perfect cure. If the animal seems 

 weak in that part, after the above process, which is 

 sometimes the case, the plaister of burgundy pitch, 

 &c., before recommended, will be proper, in order to 

 strengthen it. 



SOFT SWELLINGS. 



Frosi bruises and other accidental injuries in getting 

 up and lying down, cows are subject to soft or oede- 

 matous swellings of the joints, which are without any 

 pain, heat or inflammation. They enlarge often to a 

 considerable size, and yield readily to the pressure of 

 the finger. Though this complaint is never attended 

 with danger, it is troublesome to the animal from its 

 size, and even difficult to remove, if it has been of long 

 continuance. Its management depends on making an 



