202 HORSE SENSE. 



and morning. In some cases it may be necessary to use astringent mouth 

 washes, composed of bayberry bark, witch-hazel, alum, etc., either of 

 ■which is good where astringents are indicated. 



PREPARATION FOR THE EXPULSION OF BOTS. 



Powdered male fern 2 ounces 



Powdered aloes i ounce 



Powdered poplar bark 4 ounces 



White mustard seed 2 ounces 



Common salt 6 ounces 



Mix and divide into eighteen doses, giving one each night and morn- 

 ing in the feed. If the horse can have the advantage of some green food, 

 the better. 



The nits or eggs from which the bots derive their start is deposited 

 "by the female Gad-fly upon the front legs of horses principally, and they 

 can be removed by greasing the hair of the legs and then rubbing with 

 a coarse cloth, or washing with warm water. 



THE HORSE'S STOMACH THE NATURAL HOME OF THE 

 BOT. 



Now please don't take it for granted that this remedy is given for the 

 expulsion of the bots, because we believe that they injure or disease the 

 horse in the least. But it is given to satisfy those people who are sure 

 that bots are a very dangerous enemy to the health of the horse. The 

 preparation is one that will do no harm if it does not remove all of the 

 bots, and as good for the purpose as anything that we know of. 



INDIGESTION. 



Powdered ginger (African) 2 ounces 



Powdered poplar bark 2 ounces 



Powdered asafoetida 2 ounces 



Powdered sulphate iron 5 drachms 



Powdered capsicum I drachm 



Oat-meal • • i pound 



Mix, divide into sixteen parts, giving one each night in the feed. 



WORM REMEDY. 



Powdered wormseed 2 ounces 



Powdered mandrake 2 ounces 



Powdered sulphur 2 ounces 



Powdered ginger (African) 2 ounces 



Powdered charcoal 2 ounces 



White mustard seed (whole) 2 ounces 



Salt 2 ounces 



Powdered poplar bark i pound 



Mix and divide into twenty powders, and give one night and morn- 

 ing in the feed. This will improve the health of the horse and have 

 a tendency to expel the worms. 



Note. — Many of the so-called worm remedies are not reliable for all 

 cases and character of worms. If they are small worms, injections of salt 

 water or decoction of quassa chips will remove them. 



