MISCELLANE US. 



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trouble, and then the horse returns to his stable with a 

 renewed stomach for his night's feed. 



RINGWORM AND VERMIN. 



The former very much resembles the same in a human 

 being, coming in ugly blotches on the horse under his 

 mane, and thighs, belly, and behind the fore legs. 

 When discovered the horse should be kept by himself, and 

 anoint the affected parts with a mercurial ointment (red 

 precipitate), to destroy the parasitic fungus, once a day 

 for a few days ; feed meanwhile on cooling food ; have 

 him well rubbed with hay or straw ; neither curry-comb or 

 brush need be used at this time, particularly if he is in a 

 stable with other horses, and yet apart from them, as he 

 should be. A week of care will cure, but he must not be 

 allowed to go out nor have any chance of getting cold ; to 

 subject him to that would be to ruin him. 



VERMIN (LICE). 



A horse wintered in the country (poorly), nothing but 

 hay, and that possibly of bad quality, is very apt to come 

 up in the spring with a hide covering multitudes of lice. 

 If his coat stares, and his eyes look dull, and he scratches 

 himself in the stall, look for them; and when found, as 

 they will be, use the same ointment as in the case of ring- 

 worm, only rub it around the base of the ears, down along 

 the root of mane, under the fore arm, along the spine, 

 root of tail, and under thighs inside ; a few anointings 

 will kill them all. Keep them out of the weather also, until 

 the effect of the mercury has been dissipated. 



MANGE. 



This is a skin disease, the hair seeming to rot and fall 

 off, and is decidedly contagious. To be sure of it. 



