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a cure for this disease, which, if followed, he says, will never fail: " Take 

 cantharides (of course, powdered), 2 ozs. ; mercurial ointment or spirits of tur- 

 pentine, each, 4 ozs. ; tinct. of iodine, 5 ozs. ; corrosive sublimate (powdered), 5 

 drs. Mix well with lard, 2 lbs. Directions — Cut off the hair from the lump 

 and grease with and rub in well the above preparation. In two days after grease 

 with fresh lard, and in 4 days wash off with soap suds. Repeat every 4 days 

 until the lump disappears. I have cured two cases of ten years' standing." 



2. Ringbone and Spavin Cvire. — In the same issue of i\xeFarm and 

 Fireside "O. H. L.," which I afterwards learned, by correspondence with tne 

 editor, to be the initials of O. H. Loomis, of Kewanee, 111., says: 



"Mr. Editor:— I see in your excellent paper now before me an inquiry 

 about ' ringbone ' on colts. Allow me to say that over thirty years since, hav- 

 ing a horse with bone spavin, I obtained, from an English farrier, this recipe, 

 which he said would stop the growing of the spavin and also cure ringbone. I 

 tried it on my horse with success. I afterwards gave it to a friend with a colt 

 which had a ringbone, and it cured it, and within the last year I had a young 

 horse with ringbone growing so badly as to render him useless. I had the med- 

 icine applied and it checked the growth, removed the lameness, and the horse 

 has done a fine summer's work, apparently cured of ringbone. The recipe is 

 this: Equal parts oil origanum, tinct. myrrh and corrosive sublimate. Used as 

 a liniment, carefully, as it is severe but effective." 



Remarks.— The amount of corrosive sublimate not being given in this 

 recipe, only to be equal with the origanum oil and tinct. of myrrh, led to the 

 correspondence, which I shall give below, after having given what I consider 

 to be a proper amount of the corrosive sublimate, not only in my own judg- 

 ment, but I have also consulted one of our most reliable chemists and druggists 

 in the city of Toledo of over 35 years practical experience, and he thinks with 

 me that to dissolve 1 dr. of the corrosive sublimate in 1 oz. of best alcohol will 

 be the right amount, and mix witli 1 oz. each of the oil of origanum and tinct. 

 of myrrh. But if the best re-sublimed iodine, 1 dr., is added to the oz. of alco- 

 hol with the corrosive sublimate it will be all the better and more certain for it. 

 To apply, follow the same plan cOs directed in No. 1 above, and remember it is 

 as good for spavins as for ringbones. Label it " Poison." and keep it out of 

 the way of children. Tliis recipe, as first published, led some of the subscri- 

 bers of the Farm and Fireside to inquire of the editor to obtain further instruc- 

 tion as to the amount of the corrosive sublimate intended, and this led the 

 editor to write " O. H. L."(Mr. Loomis, as above explained), and he said in 

 answer: " The last time the druggist had the tincture already prepared. It is 

 very strong — will take the hair off when applied — but it does the work. I have 

 just returned from Kansas, where the horse is that I had it used upon last. He 

 is well. The ringbone does not show only to a careful observer; has been 

 worked hard all summer "When the remedy was first applied he could not trot 

 —could hardly walk, and was pronounced worthless by horsemen. I do not 

 think there is any danger in using the remedy, if careful. " So it will be seen 

 that our plan of the tinct., 1 dr. of the corrosive sublimate to 1 oz. of alcohol, 

 is the ti-ue plan; adding, also, 1 dr. of iodine, in crystal, to ihe same will 

 improve it and cure without a doubt. Still, I cannot see why a man wIki desires 

 to do good to his fellow-men should give only his initials instead i)f liis lul) 



