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clean and blood cool, taking more than usual care not to 

 overtax or overwork. 



loth. Grease. Is an exaggerated case of scratches com- 

 ing from the same general causes, and runs up the leg 

 (hind leg) from the heel to the back. The leg is swollen 

 tremendously, and so stiff and sore that great lameness 

 follows. The discharge becomes very offensive, and 



THE SUREST MANNER OF PRODUCING CURB. 



fungous excrescences cover the whole skin. To cure, first 

 wash clean, then dry, next put on any powerful poultice, 

 brown soap and brown sugar mixed, or anything stronger 

 if you can get it. Repeat this for several days until the 

 fungoid parts are ready to fall off; then wash again, use 

 Castile soap plentifully, and if parts are drawn enough 

 anoint with carbonate of lead or white lead in oil. Keep 

 that on a few days, all this time feeding with nothing but 

 green food, saltpetre, and mashes ; as much depends on his 

 feeding as on the dressing. It can be cured in a short time 

 by proper care. The only bad case that ever came under 

 my notice was cured by the above treatment, and I knew 

 the horse to be well and work for. years after, nor was 



