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can be smoothed, so that ordinary observers can scarcely 

 observe a deficiency in the foot. The hole or crack must 

 be perfectly dry, and free from moisture, or else the wax 

 will not stick very long. When dry, and the wax is put 

 properly in, it will last for a month, or till the next shoeing 

 time. 



Willow Bark. — A much neglected, valuable and cheap 

 medicine. This bark has within it a crystalline substance 

 called saliclne, which is an excellent substitute for the 

 expensive quinine. Farmers and others will do well to 

 gather it in sufficient quantity, and have it dried ; and in 

 the spring of the year, or when any of the horses are weak, 

 or out of sores, take of the willow bark one pound, and 

 boil in four quarts of water, till two quarts are left ; then 

 strain for use, and give a tumblerful, mixed in cut feed, 

 once or twice in the day. This will be found much better 

 than the black snakeroot already spoken of under its 

 proper head. 



Yeast. — Brewer's yeast is one of the best applications 

 for an unhealthy sore or ulcer, as it immediately chauges 

 its look and smell. A mixture of yeast and charcoal is a 

 domestic remedy not to be overlooked in the .treatment of 

 sores, especially in the summer time. The yeast and tlie 

 charcoal are to be mixed in the form of a poultice, and 

 used as such, occasionally changing it so that full benefit 

 may be given to the sore by its use. After the sore is 

 cleansed and corrected, it may be then healed as a simple, 

 healthy sore, by other remedies amply described through 

 the book. 



Zinc. — There are several preparations of zinc, which are 

 used in the treatment of horse and cattle diseases, but 

 chiefly in the form of external applications. 



