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you wash it out. This, in connection with the above, will 

 consummate a perfect founder. 



How TO Stop a Horse of the Crib, or sucking Wixd. 

 — Saw between the upper teeth to the gums. 



How to put a Young Countenance on a Horse. 



Make a small incision in the sunk place over the eye, in- 

 sert the point of a goose-quill, and blow it up ; close the 

 external wound with the thread, and it is done. 



To Cover up the Heaves. — Drench the horse with 

 one-fourth pound of bird shot, and he will not heave un- 

 til they pass through. 



To Make a Horse Appear as if he Had the 

 Glanders. — Melt four ounces fresh butter, and pour it, 

 into his ear. 



To Distinguish between Distemper and Gland- 

 ders. — The discharge from the nose in distemper will 

 float in water ; in glanders it sinks. 



How to Make a True Pulling Horse Balk. — 

 Take tincture caatharides one ounce, and corrosive subli- 

 mate one drachm ; mix, and bathe his shoulders at night. 



How TO Nerve a Horse that is Lame. — Make a 

 small incision about half way from the knee to the joint 

 on the outside of the leg and at the back part of the shin 

 bone ; you will find a small white tendon or cord ; cut it 

 off, close the external wound with a stitch, and he will 

 walk off on the hardest pavement, and not limp a par- 

 ticle. 



Dose to Trade on. — One ounce of black antimony, 

 mixed with an ounce of cantharides. A small spoonful 

 twice a day will fatten a horse in ten days to trade on. 



