60 MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS. 



To Grow Hair. 



Mix sweet oil, 1 pint, sulphur, 3 ounces. Shake well, and mb well 

 into the dock twice a week. 



For Worms. 



Calomel, 1 drachm, tartar emetic, ^ drachm, linsfeed meal, 1 ounce, 

 fenugreek, 1 ounce. Mix and give in feed at night, and repeat the dose 

 for two or three times, and follow with 1^ pints of raw linseed oil, about 

 6 hours after the last powder has been given. 



Grease Heal 



Chloride of zinc, 1^ drachms, water, 10 ounces, glycerine, 8 ounces; 

 mix. If there is much discharge, apply a poultice for several hours, 

 followed by application of the above, after cleansing well with soft 

 water and castile soap. The following powders should be given at the 

 same time in the feed, every night, for a week or two. Bicarbonate of 

 soda, 1 ounce, arsenic, 1 drachm, iodide of iron, ^ ounce, fenugi'eek, 2 

 ounces, ginger, 2 ounces, elecampane, 1 ounce; mix thoroughly and 

 divide into 12 powders. 



For Distemper. 



Hops, 2 ounces, carbolic acid 30 drops, boiling water, 2 gallons. Mix 

 the hops and carbolic acid with the boiling water and compel the animal 

 to inhale the steam for 15 or 20 minutes at a time, and repeat three 

 times a day. Apply a strong mustard paste to the throat, and place a 

 warm poultice over the paste. Feed warm mashes and boiled vegeta- 

 bles; keep the stable comfortably warm and the air pure. Give the 

 following powders once a day. Powdered Peruvian bark, 2 ounces, 

 powdered gentian, 1 ounce, powdered copperas, 1 ounce ; mix, and di- 

 vided into 8 powders. 



Thrush. 



Take white vitriol, 2 ounces, soft water, 8 ounces. Mix, and apply 

 to the diseased surface, after the ragged parts have been cut away 

 and thoroughly cleansed. Pack the cavities with cotton batting, so as 

 to keep out all dirt. 



For Ringworm. 

 Apply mercurial ointment 3 or 4 times a week. 



For Brittle and Contracted Hoofs. 



Take of castor oil, Barbadoes tar and soft soap, equal parts of each ; 

 melt all together and stir while cooling, and apply a little to the hoof 3 

 or 4 times a week. 



