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WET BANDAGES. Linen or dosoottee will do, in strips five 

 inches wide. Bind them evenly, take care not too tight and 

 keep constantly wet with a sponge or bottle. 



POULTICE FOR FOOT. Get a "poultice boot," but on emer- 

 gency a loose bag of leather, canvas or gunny will do. Put 

 poultice inside first, then insert horse's foot and tie top of bag 

 round the leg, but not too tightly. If poultice gets dry, it does 

 more harm than good ; as a general rule, change it every four 

 hours. 



BLEEDING FROM TOE. Never allow farrier to bleed from 

 toe of frog, or ugly sore will form. Remove the shoe, and cut 

 with the "searcher" at union of wall and sole at toe of foot till 

 blood comes ; then place foot in hot water. To stop bleeding put 

 a plug of tow into the cut and tack shoe lightly over it. Note. — 

 Bleeding from jugular and other veins is not described, as the 

 non-professional should never attempt i1-, but use leeches if 

 required. 



FROG PRESSURE. Veterinary works often state that frog 

 pressure is indispensable, but omit to tell the novice how to pro- 

 cure it. There are two ways, the best being a hinged bar-shoe 

 sold for the special purpose. The other is to insert thin flat iron 

 bars between sole and edge of shoe. These bars support a wedge 

 of tow or other dressing to cause the actual pressure. 



STEAMING THE HEAD. Half fill a bucket with hay, well 

 stamped down. Pour hoiling water on it every ten minutes. Keep 

 bucket on ground. Hold horse's head over it thirty minutes at 

 a time, three or four times a day. 



Second method is a hot bran-mash in large nose-bag, put on 

 usual way, but keeping horse's head as low as possible. 



THROWING A HORSE. First put plenty of straw for him 

 to fall on. If possible, borrow a set of regular ' 'hobbles," but if 

 not procurable, strap up left fore-leg with a strap three feet long, 

 one inch wide, holes all the way along, and a metal loop about 

 two inches from buckle, to form the noose for his foot. Fasten one 

 end of a 6-feet strap round right fore-foot, and pass the end over 

 his back or below his belly under a surcingle to prevent its slip- 

 ing. Stand on horse's left side, and with left hand pull the bit 

 towards you, shoving his shoulder with right hand at same time ; 

 a man standing on your right side pulls the long strap with his 

 left hand and shoves the rump with his right hand till horse 

 comes down, first on both knees and then on his right side. To 

 make him fall on left side, the above process must be reversed 

 as regards sides. Directly horse is down* kneel on his neck and 



