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time the cinnabar orantimonial balls 

 ought to be constant!} given. And 

 while these things are doing inter- 

 nally, the legs shonid be fscqncntly 

 rubbed, not with hard instruments, 

 but with a good wisp of hay, or a 

 brush. Baths and fomentations, 

 such as may cause the humours 

 to go oir by perspiration, or render 

 them fit to return in the circula- 

 tions, are also to be made use of. 

 For this purpose the following is 

 recommended. 



Take wormwood eight handfuls, 

 John's wort, centaury, camomile, 

 of each four handt\ils, elder flowers 

 two handfuls, bayberrics half a 

 pound : Boil them in two gallons 

 of water till one third is consumed, 

 and make a fomentation. 



The horse's legs are to be bath- 

 ed three or four times a day, with 

 woollen cloths wnnig out of the 

 liquor, and applied as hot as he can 

 bear them, adding a little of tlie 

 spirit of wine or brandy. And if 

 they be much inflamed, as hap- 

 pens when the sinews are alTfjct- 

 ed, a good quantity of the ashes of 

 the green twigs of vines, wahuit or 

 oak, may be boiled in tlie dedoc- 

 tion, adding more water, when the 

 other ingredients are easily to be 

 had. 



'i'he lees of wine, with a mix- 

 ture of soap, are also very proper 

 to be applied warm : As also cow's 

 dung boiled in vinegar. 



Suitable cataplasms in bad cases 

 are proper. The camphorated 

 spirit of wine alone is good, viz. 

 an ounce of camphor to a pint of 

 spirit. Frequently used, it will 

 answer well when the swelling is 

 new. See Gibson''s Farrieri/. 

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GREEN-DRESSING, turning 

 a crop of green plants into the 

 ground in summer, to enrich the 

 soil, and fit it to produce a good 

 crop of wheat. By repeating this 

 culture, poor or worn out land may 

 be brought to any degree of rich- 

 ness that is desired, without any 

 other manure. Buck wheat, rye, 

 pease or oats, may be sowed in the 

 spring, and in June ploughed in, 

 when they are fiillest of sap, and 

 most easily rotted. The ground 

 should be again ploughed in the 

 fiill, sowed with winter grain, and 

 well harrowed. The cost of 

 ploughing and seed, is not samuch 

 as that of dung, when it can be 

 had, and carting it. This man- 

 agement, therefore, may often ap- 

 pear eligible, especially in places 

 where manures are not plenty. 

 On accoinit of the cheapness of 

 the seed, Mr. Elliot recommends 

 millet as a most suitable crop for 

 green dressing: and some have 

 used clover and rye grass. In 

 Britain, buck wheat is much used, 

 as the stalks, when green, are very 

 large andjuicy, and as they require 

 but a short time to rot. It is as- 

 serted, that about ten days are 

 sufficient for it to lie under the 

 furrows. 



The chief difiiculty I can think 

 of, which tends to discourage this 

 practice, is, the choaking of the 

 plough in going among a tall 

 growth of plants. It may be need- 

 ful for a boy to tend it. But in 

 Britain, to prevent choking, they 

 recommend to pass a roller over 

 the crop to be turned in, which 

 lays it flat, and in the same direc- 

 tion that the plough is to pass. 



