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Another. Bruise well the green twigs of white ash ; 

 boil them one hour, in water enough to cover them when 

 pressed down. Two table-spoonfuls will generally cure, 

 if given within twenty-four hours of the poisoning. 



Another. Take two quarts of pure red or yellow 

 earth from under the surface soil. Pour on water 

 enough to cover it. After ten or fifteen minutes, drain 

 off the water, and give two or three table-spoonfuls for a 

 dose. Give three or four doses, at short intervals. 



Another. Give a gill of sweet oil, or castor-oil, — 

 lard or fresh butter will answer, — in a pint of new milk, 

 to each animal. In addition to any of these remedies, 

 give salt freely. 



beech-nuts. 



These are a good food for swine, a favorite with 

 pigeons, and much admired by human bipeds ; yet both 

 the oil and the cake that is left after the oil is pressed 

 out, are fatal to the horse, and have caused death in 

 twelve hours. 



WATER PARSLEY AND WATER DROPWORT. 



Water Parsley has produced palsy in the horse. Wa- 

 ,er Dropwort has poisoned brood mares, and it has poi- 

 soned cattle early in the spring. 



CROWSFOOT AND WATER HEMLOCK. 



Crowsfoot, of some species, and Water Hemlock, have 

 poisoned cattle in the spring, before other herbage started. 



GARGET, OR POKE WEED, (Phytolaca decundra.) 

 The root of this plant, which is excellent for cattle, 

 taken internally, or used as a seton in the dewlap, for 

 the garget, is very poisonous to the horse. An ear of 

 com, with garget root in the pith of the cob, was given 

 to a horse, and it killed him. A dose of garget was 

 prepared in meal for a cow ; she refused it and it was 

 given to a horse, and was fatal. 



