334 A TREATISE ON HORSE-BREEDING. 



MANGE. 



In cases where colts are troubled with mange a very 

 prominent and extensive horse-breeder of my acquaintance 

 has long made use of the following remedy with uniform 

 good results: Take one gallon of linseed oil, one-half pound 

 sulphur reduced to a fine powder, one-half pound common 

 gunpowder, also powdered fine; mix thoroughly and apply 

 to every part of the animal with a brush. Let it remain on 

 three days, then wash off and renew for another three days, 

 and so on until a cure is effected. 



LICE ON COLTS. 



For this troublesome pest the following is the remedy 

 mainly relied upon by Dr. A. J. Murray: Take an ounce of 

 common smoking tobacco and put into a gallon of water. 

 Put this on the stove so as to make an infusion of it, as if one 

 were making tea, and when this preparation has cooled 

 sufficiently wash the animal's body with it and the lice will 

 disappear. It sometimes happens that parts of the body are 

 not wet with this infusion, so that some of the lice escape. 

 When this happens the application of the tobacco must be 

 repeated. 



For the same trouble, Prof. Joseph Hughes of the Chicago 

 Veterinary Medical College prescribes the following: Rub 

 the infested parts thoroughly with a mixture of one part of 

 kerosene and three of lard. 



Dr. Paaren's prescription in such cases is as follows: 

 Dissolve six drachms of borax in two quarts of warm water, 

 and when cold add thereto two and one-half pints of acetic 

 acid. Apply this solution twice weekly by means of a stiff 

 brush. 



