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not come off, anoint them with mercurial ointment. This 

 ointment alone, well rubed into the blood, and aided by 

 purges, will also commonly iffect a cure. 



For the wet surfeit, bleed plentifully, avoiding externally 

 all repelers, and in the morning, while fating, give cooling 

 physic twice a week, composed of four ounces ot lenitive 

 electuary, four of cream of tartar, and four ot Glauber's 

 sails, quickened with a little jalap. 



After three or four of these purgings, give two ounces 

 of nitre, made into a ball with honey, every morning for a 

 fortnight ; and, if successful, repeat this a fortnight longer. 

 The above may also be given with the food ot the Horse; 

 or a strong decoction of logwood may be given alone, at 

 the rate of two quarts a day Where the disease proves 

 obstinate, the medicine must be continued a considerable 

 length of time, to prove effectual. 



The Horse should be kept dry, and his food should be 

 cool and opening. If he be hidebound, give him fenugreek 

 seeds, for some time. Where the disorder proceeds from 

 *orms, give the mercurial physic, and afterwards the cin- 

 jiabar powder, as above directed. 



The Author, from whose work the above directions are 

 taken, observes, however, that as this disease is not always 

 original, but attendant on others, in the cure, regard should 

 be had to the first cause, and thus the removal of the com- 

 plaint may be variously effected. 



SWARD, A stiff green-sward is an infallible indication 

 t>f the ground being in good condition for bearing a good 

 crop; but it is not an equally certain indication of a good 

 soil ; as the sward may be the effect of strong manuring. 

 Some soils again which incline to moss, when they have 

 lain untilled tor some time, exhibit a greater degree of 

 poverty than they really possess, Earths, however, which, 

 without manuring, bear a stiff green-sward, may always be 

 pronounced good, whatever may be their color; but per- 

 haps only good for certain productions. 



A stiff sward, well turned over, will generally bear a 

 pretty good crop, of any growth which is suitable to the 

 soil; as the roting of the sward keeps up a fermentation in 

 the soil nearly equal to that which is produced by repeated 

 ploughings. This remark, however, more properly applies 

 to rich mellow soils : Those that are naturally stiff or hard, 

 will not generally ferment sufficiently to bear a good crop, 

 by the mere roting of the sward. 



A clover-sward, that has been mowed and well turned 

 over, makes a very fine lay for wheat, where the soil is not 

 too stiff or hard ; but, where the clover has been fed off, it 

 h not considered quite so good ; as in that case the ground 



