44 CURINE— The Great 



one-half to one ounce of CURINE; when "weil poul- 

 ticed, remove all the diseased portions of the horn; 

 cut off all the prominent points of the soft tissues 

 and nail on carefully a broad plain shoe. Now paint 

 with CURINE over the diseased portion; place a 

 pad of oakum over the foot and apply a roller band- 

 age. Repeat once a day until the soft tissues are 

 all horned over, then dilute CURINE with five 

 times water and continue the dressing until a per- 

 manent cure is effected. Do not allow your patience 

 to become exhausted in treating for canker, as in 

 some cases it is very slow to yield. 



CONTRACTED HEELS. 



Contracted heels is a disease common among 

 horses that are kept on hard dry floors. It nearly 

 always affects the fore feet, and is caused by the 

 tissues of the foot shrinking away, which may be 

 the result of too sudden a change from wet, marshy 

 ground to dry stables; or faulty shoeing. They may 

 also become contracted from diseases, such as ring- 

 bone, navicular disease, corns, thrush, canker etc. 



SYMPTOMS.— The whole hoof is so dry and hard 

 that it can scarcely be cut; the heels are higher; 

 the frog is pinched and much shrunken between the 

 enclosing heels. When the disease is advanced, 

 lameness will appear. 



TREATMENT.— Remove the shoe and lower the 

 heels; soak the foot or feet In cold water with a 

 handful of salt in it for a couple of days until the 

 horn becomes soft; or, if desired, the foot may be 

 poulticed until the horn is soft. Now shoe with a 



BEST IN THE WORLD. 



Read what Dick Wilson, of Binghamton, N. Y., 

 driver of Bumps, 2:04%, and other good ones, says: 

 "I have been using Curine for the last three months 

 and I am free to say that I think it the best prep- 

 aration in the world. It will reach deep-seated 

 troubles where all other medicines fail. I find the 

 same verdict among all first-class drivers and own- 

 ers at the Buffalo meeting:." 



