CHAPTER IV. 



RECIPES FOR HORSES, CATTLE, SHEEP, ETC. 



HORSES. 



Sure Remedy for Bots. When a horse is attacked with bots, it may be known 

 by the occasional nipping at his own sides, and by red pimples, or projections, on the 

 inner surface of the upper lip, which may be seen plainly by turning up the lip. 

 First, then, take two quarts of new milk, with one quart of molasses, and give the 

 horse the whole amount. Second, fifteen minutes afterwards, give two quarts of very 

 strong, warm sage tea. Lastly, thirty minutes after the tea, you will give three pints 

 (or enough to operate as physic) of courier's oil. The cure will be complete, as the 

 milk and molasses cause the bots to let go their hold, the tea puckers them up, and 

 the oil carries them entirely away. If you have any doubt, one trial will satisfy you 

 perfectly. In places where the courier's oil cannot be obtained, substitute for it a 

 double handful of salt, dissolved in just what warm water will dissolve it. 



Cure for Colic in Horses. Spirits of turpentine, three ounces;, laudanum, one 

 ounce; mix, and give all for a dose, by putting it into a bottle with one-half pint of 

 warm water, which prevents injury to the throat. If relief is not obtained in one 

 hour, repeat the dose, adding one-half ounce of the best powdered aloes well dis- 

 solved together, and have no uneasiness about the result. 



Symptoms. The horse often lies down and suddenly rises again with a spring; 

 strikes his belly with his hind feet, stamps with his fore feet, and refuses every kind 

 of food, etc. I suppose there is no other medicine in use, for colic, either in man or 

 horse, equal to this mixture. 



Dose. For persons, a dose would be from one to two teaspoonfuls ; children or 

 weak persons, less, according to the urgency of the symptoms; to be taken in warm 

 water or warm tea. 



Positive Cure for Poll Evil and Fistula. Take common potash, one-quarter 

 ounce; extract of belladonna, one-half drachm; gum-arabic, one-quarter ounce. Dis- 

 solve the gum in as little water as practicable; then, having pulverized the potash, 

 unless it is moist, mix the gum water with it, and the potash will soon dissolve; then 

 mix in the extract and it is ready to use; and it can be used without the belladonna, 

 but it is more painful without it, and does not have quite as good an effect. 



Directions. The best plan to get this into the pipes is by means of a small 

 syringe, after having cleansed the sore with soapsuds; repeated once in two days, 

 until all the callous pipes and hard fibrous base around the poll evil or fistula are 

 completely destroyed. 



Grease-Heel and Common Scratches. Take lye made from wood ashes, and 

 boil white oak bark in it until it is quite strong, both in lye and dark ooze; when it 

 is cold it is ready for use. First, wash off the horse's legs with dishwater or castile 

 soap, and when dry, apply the ooze with a swab upon a stick which is sufficiently 

 long to keep you out of his reach, as he will tear around like a wild horse; but you 

 must wet all well once a day, until you see the places are drying up. The grease-heel 

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