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the affected foot or feet ; and a blister should be applied around 

 the coronet and pasterns. 



No. 5. — A tranverse incision should be made at the upper ex- 

 tremity of the crack, and one or two nails driven across and 

 embracing about one-third of an inch of horn on either side of the 

 fissure, clenching the nails as in shoeing, will be found to promote 

 a cure ; the animal in the meantime will perform his ordinary 

 work. In the future shoeings prevent the rasp from removing the 

 covering nature has provided as a protection to the fibres of the horn 

 from atmospheric influence. 



No. G. — Another plan of treating sandcrack consists in cutting off 

 the communication between the upper portion of the fissm-e near 

 the coronary surface, and the lower portion, which extends to the 

 edge of the wall ; this is done by inclosing about an inch of the 

 upper part of the crack in a small square, the boundary lines of 

 which are cut deeply into the horn by means of a knife or firing 

 iron. The virtual effect is to prevent the upper part of the fissure, 

 which is thus isolated, from being affected by any movement which 

 may take place in the lower part. The inclosed space gradually 

 approaches the ground surface by consequence of the downward 

 growth of horn, and is ultimately cut out completely in the process 

 of shoeing, and the sound new structure remains. 



SCOURING. 



Scouring is not uncommon among excitable animals, and is not 

 easily remedied. Probably the digestive functions are disordered. 

 Try the following ball every second day : Extract of gentian, 2dr. ; 

 extract of taraxacum, 4dr. ; bicarbonate of potash. Idr. Modify the 

 diet by scalding the oats, and mixing a little bran and linseed tea 

 with them. 



SEEDY TOE. 



This affection consists in a hollow condition of the hoof in the 

 front of the foot, and is detected by the sound which is elicited 

 on tapping the part with a hammer. On removing the shoe an 

 opening or fissure will be apparent ; and if the dirt is picked 

 out it will probably be found to extend half way up towards the 

 coronet. 



No. 1. — There are two ways of curing this disease. B}'' removing 

 the whole of the separated crust and false secretion, and applying a 

 thin flat iron protector with a hook-and-eye attachment to the shoe, 

 secured at the opposite end by a strap round the hoof ; by this 

 means a frequent and thorough dressing can always be easily secured. 



