94 HORSES. 



less. The horse suffers most from them in May and 

 June, for they seldom disturb him longer than from 

 fifteen to twenty-five days at a time. 



From the following symptoms, it may be known 

 when the horse is suffering from the truncheon or 

 maw-worm. His hair stands out the wrong way. and 

 he strikes his hind feet against his belly. He looks 

 jaded, becomes lean, and has spasms in the belly. He 

 will occasionally after being griped, stretch himself 

 on his belly, and then get up to his food. But above 

 all, the presence of the worms in the excrement 



Now to the cure. Calomel, repeated in large 

 doses, is an excellent remedy for botts in the stomach. 

 After the calomel, an active purge. 



For botts in the straight gut, give the following: 

 Savin, a spoonful ; cut into small pieces, twice a day, 

 in moistened meal, to which add four or five cloves of 

 garlic. 



Perhaps there is no better treatment than the fol- 

 lowing : Let the horse be kept from food during 

 one day, and at night give him a mixture of molasses 

 and milk. This, it is said, will cause the botts to lose 

 their hold, and pass off by the bowels. Or bran and 

 warm water, in small quantities, may be given. As 

 soon as possible, after this, give him a ball made of 

 bread and honey ; mix with one scruple of turbith 

 mineral and the same quantity of calomel. The next 

 evening give him one pint of castor, and half a pint 

 of linseed oil. It is supposed that the worms, in their 



