l68 HOW TO EDUCATE HORSES. 



sometimes in preparing strains and spavins for the 

 regular spavin ointment; rub on once a day, two or 

 three days, before using the ointment. 



POULTICES. 



A few horsemen are aware of the value of these 

 simple preparations in abating inflammation and in al- 

 laying pain, cleansing wounds, and causing them to 

 heal. They are the best kinds of fomentations; they 

 continue longer and keep the pores open. In all in- 

 flammations of the foot they are very beneficial, and 

 in cases of contraction. A poultice that retains the 

 heat and moisture longest is the best. They will re- 

 lieve swellings, take out the soreness from the pores, 

 and draw out unnatural substances. Linseed oil 

 makes the best poultice; it will hasten any tumor that 

 is necessary to open, and cleanse any old one, causing 

 a healthy discharge where it is offensive. But in this 

 case — where the ulcer smells badly — add two ounces 

 of pulverized charcoal or chloride of lime — half an 

 ounce to one pound of meal. This is good to use in 

 grease or cracked heel. 



A poultice should never be put on tight. Carrots 

 are very good, mashed fine, after boiling soft. The 

 charcoal may be used in this also, where the parts 

 smell offensively. 



FARCY ITS TREATMENT. 



When the farcy attacks only one part of the horse, 

 and that where the blood vessels are small, it may be 

 easily cured; but when the plate vein is affected and 

 turns corded, and especially the crural veins inside the 

 thigh are in that condition, the cure is very difficult, and 

 the creature is rarely fit for anything but the lowest 

 work after it. Bathe the legs every night in hot water 

 into which put a shovel of hot wood ashes, making a 



