116 DISEASES OF ANIMALS. 



OTHER REMEDIES. 



Put eight ounces each, of bees-wax, mutton tallow, 

 and sugar, into a quart of new milk, and warm it till all 

 is melted ; then put it into a bottle, and give it just before 

 the wax begins to harden. Two hours after, give physic, 

 and the bots will come away, with wax sticking to them. 



Another. Give a table spoonful of slacked lime, in a 

 bran mash or other food, three times a week. In cases 

 evidently severe, give a dose every day, for several days. 

 A writer in the American Farmer says that he consulted 

 authorities, and tried various experiments, in vain ; and 

 after giving lime in bran mashes, three times a week, 

 for two weeks, the bots began to pass off. He has since 

 used lime, and has not lost a horse with bots. Voided 

 bots die in lime 



Another. Vinegar, soft soap, gin, molasses, half a 

 gill each, poured down while foaming. A correspondent 

 of the Albany Cultivator, says this is a speedy cure, and 

 he has given it in fifty cases, 'w^th good effect. 



Another. Two ounces of soot in a quart of milk. 



Another. Dr. Phillips, of Mississippi, recommends, 

 in cases where a horse is supposed to have the bots, when 

 m reality it may be colic or other disorder, to give sage 

 or soot tea, or an ounce of laudanum ; the first two may 

 be given freely, but the last should not be given oftener 

 than every six hours. 



Another. Give the horse a few sheaves of barley, 

 and it will clear every bot out of him ; so says a writer 

 in the "Western Farmer and Gardener," who says he 

 never knew it to fail. 



Another. One quart of new milk, sweetened with 

 honey, molasses or sugar, given fasting ; and in two 

 hours drench with a pint of brine, as strong as hot water 

 will dissolve common salt. Two hours after, give a pint 

 of linseed oil. 



Another. Half a pint of train oil, (sperm or other 

 fish oil will answer, but not so good,) given to a horse, 

 will usually give immediate relief. 



Another. One quart of new milk and one pound of 

 sugar; mix, warm, and give. Prepare the same again, 



