•S? The Expert Farrier, Chap, i i , 



'Hoof ^ Take the fat of Bacon, the Sward cut away half a pound, 



jirMiht. q£- ^\-^]^q SQpe three ounces, Balm oiie handful, and five or 



lix fprigs of the tender tops of Rue, chop, and flamp all 



Hoof looQ.^'^^^^ together very well m aMorter, and then fry them, 

 ' and lay them to the Hoofs reafonable hot, and keep him from 

 coming m any wet till he be well, and being thus drelFed 

 every day once, his Hoofs will in fhort time be found, well 

 and eafic to him again. ^^^^ This Receipt is very good. But 

 let us difcourfe of a loofe Hoofj yet a little more. Take of 

 Tar three fpoonfuls, of Rofin three ounces, of Tanfy, Rue, 

 Mints, and Sothren-wood of each one handful, pound all 

 thefe very well adding to it of fweet Butter half a pound, 

 of Virgin Wax half an ounce, and fo try them altogether till 

 it come to be a thick Salve, and apply it Piaiiter-wife warm 

 to the Hoofs^ feven or eight days together, and this will cure 

 him, and fallen the //oo/j again. '^>f:'*' This is very good. But 

 if his Hoof be othcrwife hurt, either by fome other Horfe 

 treading upon his Hoof or by any other. accident, then 



Hooftrodm y^j^e an Egg, and Soot fo muc-Ii as will fuffice, to be bea- 



T/Trr. "'' ^^" "^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^8§ ^^^^ ^t ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^ Salve, then add 

 to it' of Sallet-Oyl and Harts-horn made into Powder, 

 of each twa or three fpoonfuls, boyl this to a thick Salve," 

 continually llirring it in the boy ling, and apply it to the 

 Hoofs Plaifler-wife, daily dreffing them till they be. whole. 

 This I never made tryal of, howbeit it was commended to 

 li::' to be a fpecial good Receipt. Another very good to make 

 a brittle or pomized //oo/tough. 

 ^-'•'nf brittle Take frefh Butter one pound. Wax and Turpentine of 

 tnmd^. yach half a pound, raeltfirll the Wax, then put to it your 

 -touih. Butter, and when that is molten put in your Turpentine, 

 and fo llirring them well together, referve it to your ufe, 

 and when you do ale it, apply it thus : Make a Buskin' of 

 Leather, fo as it may be buckled or tyed above or upon the 

 Pafi-ern-joynt^ and then lay on fo much of the medicine as will 

 cover the Hoof all over thick, and then put on the Buskihi 

 and fallen it to his Leg or Pafterny and let him Hand fo niglit 

 and day till you have occafion to ride or exercife him, drct 

 Hoof to ffing him thus once a day, and the longer you ufe this medi- 

 i-ovj. cine, the better will be his Hoof. "^^^-^ I have often made 



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