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handful in a quart of water, and a tumblerful is poured over 

 the grain or liay once a day. 



Another favorite is willow bark. The inner bark of the 

 young shoots is boiled in the proportion of a handful to the 

 quart of water, and a tumblerful of this administered daily. 

 As the willow bark contains the bitter principle known as 

 salicin, which is an excellent tonic and appetizer, no doubt 

 this is an efficient plan to correct dull and drooping horses. 



In the army gunpowder had the reputation of being a 

 powerful stimulant for horse flesh, and occasionally we have 

 heard of a spoonful being mixed with the forage, to instill 

 life into broken-down nags. As all the materials of which 

 it is composed, the nitre, the charcoal and the sulphur, are 

 well known and often-used stimulants and correctives in 

 veterinary medicine, their combination may, very likely, 

 have a happy effect. It is recommended to mix the gun- 

 powder mth the whites of several eggs, and give it as a 

 drench. 



Whichever of these tonics is used, it sliould not be often 

 repeated, as such a course will surely bring about obstinate 

 dyspeptic troubles, and general deterioration of the health. 



DISINFECTION. 



For the prevention of diseases, especially for checking the 

 spread of epidemic diseases, no measure is more important 

 than thorough disinfection. Every stable, every farm, should 

 have in store, and freely use, some disinfecting mixture. It 

 should be constantly employed as a preventive of disease, as 

 a purifier of the air and of the discharges, and often as a means 

 of keeping away flies and insects. We give below the formulas 

 of a number of the most efficient and cheap disinfectants, so 

 that the reader can buy tlie materials and make t\\Q mixtures 

 himself, and thus save the increased cost he would have to 

 pay by buying them ready made. 



