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preserves an equal temperature in the parts. If the hair is suf- 

 fered to remain on the heels of the farm-horses, there is greater 

 necessity for brushing and hand-rubbing the heels, and never 

 washing them. 



Fashion and utility have removed the hair from the heels of 

 our hackney and carriage horses. When the horse is carefully 

 tended after his work is over, and his legs quickly and completely 

 dried, the less hair he has about them the better, for then both 

 the skin and the hair can be made perfectly dry before evapora- 

 tion begins, or proceeds so far as to deprive the legs of their 

 heat.^ 



Note by Mr. Spooner. — In the treatment of this disease and those anal- 

 agous cases of humors or swellings of the legs by which it is preceded, 

 blood-letting will be generally desirable, with a dose of physic ; for it is 

 while the system is under the cooling effects of these depletive agents that 

 local oxeJKsures are attended with the greatest benefit. Poultices either of 

 linsep^l meal or carrots, may be applied, and astringent lotions added to 

 them so as to remove the irritation, and check the discharge at the samo 

 time. 



