10 BOAJM) OF AGRICULTURE. 



progress by the free use of iodine and coiinter-iiTitants, siicli 

 as the different preparations of Spanish Flies. 



Blistering is a potent agent in judicious hands, but it must 

 not be used indiscriminately ; for many of its supposed cures 

 are nothing but an anchylosis of the joint, as was seen in the 

 case of the " cured " Ringbone, Figure 4. 



The old adage that " an ounce of prevention is worth more 

 than a pound of cure,'' is constantly verified in stock raising. 

 And here let me impres? upon your minds that the only way 

 to ameliorate this diseased condition of the horse is to breed 

 from pure blooded animals, and occasionally interchange with 

 foreign stock. 



Whenever it is your unhappy lot to have one of these poor 

 ai/liioted creatures, treat it with kind and humane care. And 

 be not imposed upon by the pretending," Horse Doctor," who 

 perchance may happen at your door, and earnestly assure you 

 that by the extracting of a certain " bladder " from the hor.'^e's 

 foot the Ringbone will bo forever cured. Believe it not, for 

 it is a baseless imposition. 



Neitlicr listen to him who talks of a " leakage of the johit,' 

 and attempt to cure accordingly, for such assertions have no 

 foundation whatever. * 



The nature, cause, and general treatment of all these affec- 

 tions have now been briefly indicated ; and henceforth it re- 

 mains for you to imbibe the useful and the good and apply it 

 to practice. 



