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Ans. — Pup is too young for automobile rides 

 and evidently has weak stomach. Dogs vomit 

 very easily. Best leave her home until she is at 

 least a year old. 



BLACK TONGUE 



For sore mouth or black tongue a sure cure 

 that a friend of mine has used with much success 

 is as follows: Give a tablespoonful of castor oil 

 and then swab the mouth out three times daily 

 with a wash composed of tincture of iodine one 

 ounce, carbolic acid twenty drops and glycerine 

 one ounce, mixing well before using. 



R. L. Lucas. 



SPRAINED HIP 



I have an Airedale pup, eight months old, and 

 he has been lame in his left hip for two months. 

 I had the local veterinarian look him over and 

 he says the pup sprained or pulled a ligament 

 loose in the socket, and advises me to keep the 

 pup tied up to avoid too much exercise, and 

 give the hip a chance to heal, but it would be a 

 slow cure. This seems probable, but as he is so 

 young, and growing so fast, his leg does not de- 

 velop, for he carries it most of the time. Would 

 you advise the use of iodine on the sprain, or 



