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weight of the body, the fissure closes, while in toe 

 cracks it opens. 



The lameness of sand cracks is slight when the 

 animal walks, but on hard roads the faster he is 

 made to trot the worse he limps. 



TREATMENT.— In ordinary cases of quarter 

 crack, shoe with a tip. Stimulate the growth of 

 the horn by painting around the coronet twice daily 

 with CURINE for two or three days, and then 

 turn to pasture for a couple of weeks, when he may 

 be taken up and shod with a bar shoe and put to 

 work. 



In toe cracks, lower the heel by paring, but spare 

 the toe, except directly under the crack, where it 

 is to be pared away until it rests free from the 

 shoe. The shoe should have a clip on each side of 

 che fissure. Paint the coronary band with CUR- 

 INE same as for quarter cracks. 



If the above treatment fails, the horn must be 

 softened by the use of warm water and poultices 

 and the walls of the fissure removed with the knife 

 in the shape of the letter V. Sponge the wound 

 thoroughly with the following solution: CURINE, 

 one part; water, ten parts. Now saturate a pad 

 of oakum with the same solution ; place it over the 

 wound and bandage with a damp roller bandage. 

 Repeat once a day for a week, and then the oakum 

 and bandage only will be needed. 



GLANDERS— FARCY. 



Glanders and farcy are the same disease, only 

 the first term applies to the disease when the le- 

 sions occur in the internal organs; and the second 

 term is applied to it when the lesions appear on the 

 skin of the animal. It is a fatal disease, sooner or 

 later. We read of it in ancient history as affecting 

 the army of Constantine as far back as B. C. 330, 

 and some of the veterinarians in those early days 

 gave a very good description of this terrible dis- 

 ease. It is very contagious and may be readily 



