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Asafetida Tincture. Use 6 to 8 tablespoonfuls for cattle ; 4 tablespoon- 

 fuls for horses ; 1 tablespoonful for sheep ; 1 to 2 scant teaspoonfuls for pigs. 



Baking Soda (Sodium Bicarbonate). Use 4 tablespoonfuls for cattle; 

 2 tablespoonfuls for horses ; 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls for sheep and hogs. Good for 

 indigestion, constipation, wind colic. Has the faculty for reducing gases and 

 sweetens the stomach. 



Belladonna, Fluid Extract. Use 1 scant teaspoonful for cattle; y 2 scant 

 teaspoonful for horses ; 20 drops for sheep ; 3 drops for pigs. Given with good 

 effect in severe colic, fevers, caked bag, and lockjaw. 



Blue 'Vitriol. Use 2 tablespoonfuls in a pint of water. This is a good 

 antiseptic and also astringent. Cleaning wounds is the usual use for it. 



Borax. Used chiefly for skin treatments. It is also used for sore mouth. 

 Borax is a good germ killer. It is an antiseptic and will "bind up" the bowels. 



Boric Acid. Dissolve in water all that can be held without settling. 

 This is one of the finest of the antiseptic medicines. It is not poisonous and can 

 be used on any part of the body. 



Buchu, Powdered Leaves. Use 1 to 7 tablespoonfuls for cattle ; 1 to 

 5 tablespoonfuls for horses ; 1 tablespoonful for sheep and hogs. These can be 

 used as diuretics. Will develop heat and sweat quickly. 



Butter of Antimony. Used mostly as an external application. It is 

 usually applied in salve form for cleansing sores. Fine for foot-rot and any sore 

 on the body. 



Calomel. Use 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls for cattle; 30 drops to 1 teaspoonful 

 for horses ; 8 to 20 drops for hogs and sheep. It has a good effect as a purgative 

 and for intestinal worms. When used in dry form it is good for healing open 

 wounds. 



Camphor. Use 2 good tablespoonfuls for cattle ; 3 teaspoonfuls for 

 horses ; yt> teaspoonful for hogs ; 2 small teaspoonfuls for sheep. Give in half a 

 cup of water. This makes a fine remedy to relieve nausea, colic, diarrhea, coughs 

 and to stop pain in a wound. Good for lameness and if applied to bag will stop 

 milk flow. 



Cantharides, or Spanish Fly. Used often in powdered form 1 teaspoon- 

 ful mixed with seven level teaspoonfuls of lard, and applied externally makes a 

 good blister. A drop or two given in a handful of grain tends to excite the gen- 

 erative organs. 



Capsicum. Use 1 to 3 teaspoonfuls for cattle; 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls for 

 horses ; y 2 teaspoonful for sheep and hogs. This is a spicy drug and acts in such 

 a way as to diminish the effect of a stronger drug. This is a good stimulant. 



Carbolic Acid. Use 2 small teaspoonfuls in a cup of water. This is used 

 as an antiseptic and aids in healing wounds and sores. It keeps flies away. This 

 is very poisonous and burns the body if not diluted. 



Castor Oil. Use 1 cupful for cattle ; 3 cupfuls for horses ; 4 tablespoon- 

 fuls for sheep and pigs. This is used as a purgative and is well known. 



