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me stomach of the horse, but simply grow there from the egg which is depos- 

 ited on the flanks and legs by the bot-fly, iu their season, which is from July 

 to October, during which time if an oiled rag is kept in the stables, and used 

 upon the legs and sides of horees, as regularly as they are fed, with much rub- 

 bing, also with straw, which takes the nits off better than a brush ; these nits or 

 eggs will be mostly rubbed off, and consequently the horse will get but few, il 

 any, into his mouth by licking or biting these parts, to be swallowed into the 

 stomach, in which, if they reach it in this way, and this is the only way they 

 do, or can reach it, the bot will be produced, and fully grown by spring, at 

 which time also, they begin to let go their hold on the stomach. They hang to 

 the stomach by little hooks upon their feet, and are carried on by the food 

 passed off; and again develop, as the butterfly is produced from a grub, as it 

 were, another gad-fly; and so on from year to year 



Be careful, then, to tise the oiled rag freely, and scrape off, if need be, as 

 many as possible of these nits, or bot seeds, everj' day, as they are deposited, 

 and you will have but little trouble with bots; and in fact bots never make 

 trouble, except there be indigestion or other disease, which first disturbs them. 



During the fly season, also, if not at all times, the hair on the back part of 

 the legs should be kept closely trimmed, as the rubbing off is easier upon short 

 hair than that which is long and loose; and the shorter the hair the less deposits 

 upon it can be made, 



1. OOLIC, OR BOTS, IN HORSES— To Cure.— A friend of 

 mine near Ann Arbor, makes the following his dependence. lie says: Steep 1 

 doz. good sized red peppers in 1 qt. of water; strain and give the whole, while 

 warm. Work off", in an hour, with 1 pt. of ctu-rier's oil. 



Remarks. — He said it can be depended upon — neither colic nor bots can 

 stand before it, and it will not hurt the horse nor cattle either. This gentleman 

 assured me he had used it, and knew its exceeding value, but did not wish to 

 have his name connected with it — contrary to the desire of most people. I 

 have every confidence in it, for I knew him well — being a very quiet and ditti- 

 dent, or bashful man; and hence I promised him not to publish his name. 

 Red or cayenne pepper is the purest stimulant we have, and hence I have not 

 a doubt it will do as he assured me it would. As it will warm up the stomach 

 to do its work, and prevent the further accumulation of gas, or wind, from the 

 indigestion, and thus cure colic and give bots a legal notice to vacate the prem- 

 ises. 



2 . Colic in Horses— Its Cause and What is Needed to Cure It. 



As colic is caused by the indigestion of the food, a sour or gaseous stomach, as 

 we say of persons, all that is needed to cure it is something to correct the acid- 

 ity and to warm up the stomach, so that the digestipn can proceed again ; but 

 as the indigestion and consequent acidity may have progressed so far it cannot 

 be corrected, making it necessary to give an active cathartic to hasten the fer- 

 menting food out of the system, it is well at first to give a full table-spoonful 

 of saleratus dissolved in warm water, % pt. ; then, if you are where the pepper 

 tea can be steei^ed at once, give it; but 'tis well to have something of an ano- 

 dyne nature to help allay the pain, as well as to stimulate, which can be kept in 



