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CrrCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AN1> COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. 



the water into the hole with some force ; then dig it all out carefully, and 

 inject into it carbolic lotion : 



No. 6. 



1 Part carbolic acid, 

 30 Parts water. 

 Mix. 



Then a[)ply a poultice, hot and soft. Repeat this once a day till the hole 

 is filled up with sound, healthy flesh. Then a[)ply the treatment pre- 

 scribed for corns. 



V. Canker. 



When any extensive disease of the feet necessitates the exposure of 

 much of the soft structures, instead of the flesh becoming nicely covered 

 with hoof, and coming out smooth, it sometimes sprouts up into a shreddy, 

 leathery substance, that will not grow together and form hoof, but remains 

 spongy, enlarged, soft and tender. 



CANKER OF THE SOLE. 



The horny sole being re- 

 moved. 



CANKEK OF THE FROG. 



The horn laid back to show 

 the diseased parts. 



Causes. — Neglected or badly treated wounds, they boing also affected 

 by the air in which the horse is kept during the healing of them ; low, 

 damp, dirty stables, without drainage or ventilation ; and the horse 

 standing in his own excrement during their treatment. 



It is more common among draft horses and those of a phlegmatic 

 nature. 



How to know it. — By the uneven surface, growing up in leaves that 

 extend down, sometimes from a half to three quarters of an inch. 



What to do. — Bad cases are usually considered incurable ; when such 

 exist, the foot never can be made to grow into a tine, solid hoof. But in 

 most cases the disease will yield to proper treatment. 



Pare away all you can without bleeding it; then dress it with pow- 

 dered blue vitriol. Keep the sole and all diseased portions dry ; this is most 

 important, as moisture prevents a solid growth, and promotes a fungous 

 growth. If any pas comes out between the leaves, insert, well down into 



