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its place by a bandage. Mr. Terrill says he has used it 

 himself, and that he has known it frequently used by 

 others, and that in no instance has the first application 

 failed to effect a cure. 



SCRATCHES. 



Wash the legs with warm strong soap suds, and then 

 with beef brine. Two applications will cure the worst 

 case. 



ERRORS IN THE TREATMENT OF HORSES. 



When a horse shyes, or shears, at some unaccustomed 

 object, and which all young horses will do, never speak 

 sharply, or worse than that, strike him, if you would avoid 

 his starting the next time he sees the same or any similar 

 object. Almost any horse may be brought to a confirmed 

 habit of shying by such treatment. What should be done, 

 then ? Check him to a walk ; give him time to see the 

 object, and he will soon take little or no notice of it. 



If a horse stumbles or trips, it is a common practice to 

 strike him for that. This will not mend his habits of trip, 

 ping and stumbling, but will add to them, if he has spirit, 

 that of springing forward with dangerous quickness when- 

 ever it occurs; as he will expect the lash to follow, as a 

 matter of course. The remedy, if it can be called one, is 

 to keep an eye upon the road, and where from stones or 

 unevenness the falling is apprehended, tighten the reins 

 and enliven the horse, but never strike him after the ac- 

 cident. 



As you would save the strength and wind of your horse, 

 drive slow up hill, and as you would save his limbs, and 

 your own, drive slowly down hill. 



Never wash off your horse with cold water when he is 



