THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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DISEASES OF THE HOESE. 



Editors Genesee Farmer : — I have had much 

 to do with horses for forty years, and trading con- 

 siderably, I have had disordered hoi'ses put on me 

 by unprincipled jockies, and I have therefore a 

 goodly number of remedies for their diseases, many 

 of which have never been published. I propose, 

 therefore, to give the readers of your valuable little 

 monthly some of my remedies, and hope that others 

 will not hold back any valuable information they 

 may possess. Many, truly, are so contracted in 

 their feelings, prompted by the prospect of gain, 

 that if they have any important remedy lor the iUs 

 of the horse, or of the human family, they cannot 

 upon any consideration make its preparation known. 

 " No, indeed ! this is my craft," say they ; and they 

 are stealthily preparing and sending out the worst 

 of impositions among the people. Every honora- 

 ble, high minded man, who is influenced by proper 

 motives, is not only willing but anxious to contri- 

 bute his mite for the general good. Now an op- 

 portunity is otfered through the columns of the 

 Genesee Farmer, which I think all must admit is 

 not only the cheapest, but in reality the best paper 

 of the kind for the size. 



A Remedy for Bots. — To one pint of strong 

 sage tea mix one pint of molasses, and add from two 

 to four ounces of jjowdered alum, and pour it down. 

 la from two to four hours give a good dose of oil 

 or sabs, unless it works off without. It is very 

 difficult to drench some horses; they will not swal- 

 low when put into their mouths. In that case pour 

 it in at the nose, if a common drench that is not too 

 strong; whiskey, turpentine, soap, &c., are too 

 strong to give by the nose. 



For Distemper. — Give a horse one or two ounces 

 of tar, twice a day; put it in their mduths off of 

 tlie tar-paddle, and they will generally swallow it. 

 "When he swells under the throat, smoke his nose 

 well with cotton rags, feathers, &c., to forward the 

 discharge of matter, and when that begins to ap- 

 pear, pour a table-spoonful of tincture of camphor 

 into each ear once a day. His food should be light 

 — green if to be had, with bran and oats, with a 

 spoonful of tincture of camphor in his bran every 

 day. The camphor in the ears and food may not 

 need to be given more than every other day ; you 

 must be guided by the urgency of the case. 



For Cholio. — Dissolve as much salt as will do in 

 a pint of warm water, then add a pint of vinegar ; 

 give the horse half the mixture, and if that does 

 not relieve him in half an hour, give him the bal- 

 ance, and a cure may be expected. 



A Dutch cure, by which many horses have been 

 cured, is to urinate in the right shoe and pour it 

 into the left ear, or vice versa. 



For Founder. — A recent founder may be easily 

 cured by giving, if a large horse, a pint of salt dis- 

 solved in water, at a single drench ; give him exer- 

 cise but no water for a fcAV hours after, and then 

 sparingly for a day or two; feed light, and green 

 would be preferable. 



For Sweeney. — Take equal parts of good whis- 

 key and pure clear spirits of turpentine, shake well, 

 and pour on a small quantity and rub it in, whether 

 shoulder or hip ; then bathe it in well with a hot 

 iron. You will most likely have to confine the 

 horse to keep him from biting the part. Keep him 

 out of the weather, feed light, and let him rest. — 



Repeat the operation about every third day. Strong 

 salt water rubbed on the part every other day, as 

 hot as can be used without burning, will cure the 

 Sweeney on some horser, and they may be worked 

 moderately all the time. 



For Fistula. — Before matter collects, roast a 

 good parcel of poke root, and when thoroughly 

 done split them open and take out the hard pith ; 

 lay the pieces with split side down on a cloth ; be 

 quick, and when a place as large as your two hands 

 is covered lay another cloth on, — or it the one is 

 large enough, turn it over the top of the roots, — 

 raise it up on your hand and press it on the swell- 

 ing, split side of the roots downward. The horse 

 will rear, and possibly kick, but hold it on until it 

 cools. It may be necessary to repeat the operation 

 in a day or two, if the swelling does not begin to 

 go down. If it breaks, treat it as described in the 

 May No. for poll evil. 



Condition Powders. — Take rosin, aloes, coppe- 

 ras, and saltpetre, of each one-fourth pound, and 

 powder them well ; then take half pound of anise 

 seed, grind fine, and mix all together thoroughly. 

 Give one or two table-spoonfuls every two or three 

 days. Draw out the tongue gently, put the mix- 

 ture far back and let go. With generous feed, you 

 will in a few weeks see quite a change in the ap- 

 pearance of your rough-coated horse. 



Neosho, Mo., June, ISriS. A. TOUNXJ. 



HOVEN m CATTLE. 



Messrs. Editors : — I have had occasion this 

 spring to notice the effect of clover on cattle, as to 

 bloating. I have had them bloated, and relieved 

 them by tying a large rope in the mouth and above 

 the horns, by which means the gas has escaped and 

 they w^ere cured. Sometimes I have just watched 

 them, and in a quarter or half an hour the bloating 

 has subsided. My conclusion now is, that where 

 cattle are in clover when wet either with dew or 

 rain, the eye of the owner must be upon them, in 

 readiness to relieve if they are very much pained. 

 I think some chemical agent poured into the stom- 

 ach, so as to change or decom[iose the gas genera- 

 ted there, would be the best and readiest mode of 

 relief. The great point is to watch them when 

 there is a probability of their bloating, and be ready 

 to give them lirompt relief. I lost our best cow 

 week before last. She had a tendency to bloating, 

 either from her greediness, or constitutionality. I 

 had relieved her several times, but one morning the 

 boys turned the cows out of the field into the road; 

 they went off, and in about twenty minutes she was 

 dead, though she showed no symi)toms of unea.si- 

 ness when turned out. I have experimented in 

 various ways, by turning them in for an liour, an 

 hour and a half, or two hours, still watching them; 

 I have also left them in all day, and think on the 

 whole that is the best way, if they are well watched. 



Mamfeld, Ohio. CHAKLES PALMEE. 

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Kicking Cows. — I have a way to stop kicking 

 cows, or to keep them from stepping while milking. 

 It is this : I begin quite moderate, and when they 

 hoist a foot I give the teats a jerk ; by following UiL-* 

 up it will stop any cow, for a cow very much dislikes 

 to have her teats jerked. If a cow gets in the habit 

 of starting off, I hold on to the teats as hard as I can, 

 which soon cures her of that caper. . * — Gibson., Pa, 



