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wasTi it out. This, in connection with the abov0j 

 will consummate a perfect founder. 



How to stop a horse of the crib, or sucking wind. — 

 Saw between the upper teeth to the gums. 



How to put a young countenance on a horse. — Make 

 a small incision in the sunk place over the eye, in- 

 sert the point of a goose quill, and blow it up ; close 

 the external wound with thread, and it is done. 



To cover up the heaves. — Drench the horse with 

 one-fourth pound of bird shot, and he will not heave 

 until they pass through. 



To make a horse appear as if he had the glanders. — 

 Melt four ounces fresh butter, and pour it into his 

 ear. 



To distinguish between distemper and glanders. — The 

 discharge from the nose in distemper will float in 

 water ; in glanders it sinks. 



How to make a true pulling horse balk. — Take tinc- 

 ture cantharides one ounce, and corrosive sublimate 

 one drachm ; mix and bathe his shoulders at night. 



- How to nerve a horse that is lame. — Make a small 

 incision about half way from the knee to the joint 

 on the outside of the leg, and at the back part of the 

 shin bone ; you will find a small white tendon or 

 cord ; cut it olf, close the external wound with a 

 stitch, and he will walk off on the hardest pavement, 

 and not limp a particle. 



