676 I>R' CHASE'S RECIPES. 



Remarks. — If a pipe or pipes have already fonned, be sure to drop a few 

 drops of the acid into each pipe, else it will be sure to break out again if the 

 pipe is not destroyed. Do not touch the acid with the fingers, nor get it upon 

 any place outside of the sore, for if you do, it will make a sore of itself, destroy 

 clothing, etc. An alkali, as a lye made of wood ashes, or sweet-oil would be 

 the antidote, and would need to be used quickly, if got upon the person or 

 clothing. Any of the healing ointments or liniments may be used to heal with, 

 keeping the sore properly covered to avoid dust and dirt getting into it. 



A bit of concentrated lye, which is used for soap-making, the size of a bean 

 or pea, wrapped in a couple of thicknesses of tissue paper (white) and pushed to 

 the bottom of the pipe, or each pipe, if there is more than one, will destroy the life 

 of the pipe, and, hence, cause it to come out, and give a chance to cure it from 

 the bottom. Keep a piece of cotton saturated with a good liniment or healing 

 ointment, pushed to the depth of the sore, it causes it to heal from the bottom, 

 otherwise it will break out again. The concentrated lye is better than arsenic or 

 corrosive sublinate which are poisonous, and cause inflammation of themselves, 

 ■while the concentrated lye does not cause inflammation of the parts, only 

 to kill the unnatural growth. The Telegraph claimed to have known the suc- 

 cessful use of the acid plan for a number of years. The acid on the sore, and 

 the lye in the pipes, if there are any, with cathartics and general tonic treat- 

 ment with some of the condition powders, will cure every case, the author has 

 not a doubt. 



Pawing in the Stable, to Cure Horses of the Habit.— Fasten a 



short piece of log chain — say five or six links — by means of a light strap to his 

 leg, just above the knee — in the stable, of course — so the chain stays on the 

 front of the leg, and see how quick the pawing horse will leave off the habit. 

 In most cases a few days will be sufficient to effect a cuva.— New York Weekly, 



Pawing, Cure for. — It is said that this annoying habit can be cured in 

 the following manner: Bore a hole on each side of the stall a little in front of 

 where the foreleg stands. Insert a raw-hide, wedge tightly in, and allow the 

 ends to reach well out toward the center of the stall. When the horse paws he 

 will catch the rawhide with the foot with which he paws, and in fetching back 

 the foot the cord of the rawhide hits him on the other foot. A few experi- 

 ments will convince the horse that pawing with one foot always causes pimish- 

 ment on the other, and soon the annoying habit is cured. 



1. Kingbone, Spavins, etc.— Certain Remedies.— -Rm^Sone.— 

 Ringbone and spavins, poll-evil and fistulas are the most annoying diseases 

 with which our domestic animals are afflicted; but with careful observation of 

 the recipes the author has gathered during ten years of close scrutiny of every- 

 thing published in our most reliable farm journals, will, we have not a doubt, 

 enable our patrons to not only cure the lameness, but also to remove or cause 

 the absorption of the bony enlargements in most ringbones and spavins, and to 

 also cure the unsightly sores of poll-evil and fistulas. The first recipe I shall 

 give for ringbone is from a correspondent (*' J.H.M., of "Wyoming, O.) in Farm 

 and Fireside, of Springfield. O., in answer to " S. F. W." in the same, desiring 



