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each, 1 ounce ; mix, and give a tablespoonful 2 or three times a day in 

 the feed. One of the best condition powders for any cough, cold, dis- 

 temper or epizootic : also excellent for heaves. For heaves, I ounce of 

 lobelia and camphor may be added. 



Liniments for Horses. 



No. 1. Olive oil, 2 ounces, aqua ammonia, 1 ounce, mix ; and add 2 

 ounces oil origanum, 2 ounces, spirits of turpentine, i ounce, oil of 

 wormwood, strongest alcohol, 1 pint. This liniment is excellent for 

 any lameness, also good for spavins, ringbones, curbs, etc., if used 

 when they make the first appearance. 



No. 2. Oil of spike, 1 ounce, oil of origanum, 4 ounces, aqua am- 

 monia, 2 ounces, tincture of cayenne pepper, 4 ounces, beefs gall, one 

 gill, camphor gum, 1 ounce, alcohol, 1 pint; mix; used for the same 

 purposes as No. 1. 



No. 3. Best vinegar, 1 quart, saltpetre, pulverized, 4 ounces, worm- 

 wood, 4 ounces ; mix, and steep in a dish well covered ; strain and press 

 the herbs ; valuable for bruises, swellings and sprains. 



Saddle and Harness Galls, Bruises, &c. 



No. 1. Tincture of opium, 2 ounces, tannin, 2 drachms; mix, and 

 apply twice a day. 



No. 2. Take white lead and linseed oil, and mix as for paint, and 

 apply two or three times a day ; this is good for scratches, or any wounds 

 on a horse. 



Eyewater for Horses. 



Sugar of lead, 1 drachm, tincture of opium, 2 drachms, soft water, 1 

 pint ; mix, and wash the eye two or three times a day. 



Founder. 



No. 1. Vinegar, 3 pints, cayenne pepper, i drachm, tincture of 

 aconite root, 15 drops; mix, and boil down to 1 quart; when cool, give 

 it as a drench ; blanket the horse well; after the horse has perspired for 

 an hour or more, give one quart of raw linseed oil ; this treatment will 

 be found good for horses foundered by eating too much grain. 



No. 2. Some recommend for horses foundered on grain, to bleed 

 about 1 gallon, then to drench the horse with 1 quart of raw linseed oil ; 

 after this to rub the fore legs well, and for a long time, with very warm 

 water, having a little tincture of opium mixed with it. As the horse 

 will not recover from loss of blood for a long time it is usually better to 

 adopt the treatment given in No. 1. 



