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Receipts. 



Balls for "Worms. — Barnadoes 

 Aloes 6 dra., powdered ginger 1^ 

 oz., oil of wormwood 20 drops, 

 powdered natron, 2 dra. ; molas- 

 ses to form a ball. 



Ball for Hide Bound. — Bar- 

 nadoes Aloes, 1 oz, castile soap, 

 9 dra., ginger 6 dra. 



Physic- Ball. — One half ounce 

 of aloes, 3 drachms of gamboge, 

 20 drops of the oil of juniper ; 

 make it into a pill with a few 

 drops of molasses ; wrap it up in 

 thin paper and grease it; draw 

 out the tongue with the left hand; 

 place the gag in the mouth, and 

 run the pill back with the right 

 hand until it drops off, let the 

 head down and give a sup of 

 of water. First, prepare the horse 

 by giving one or two mashes. 



Liquid Blisterer. — Take alco- 

 hol 1 pint, turpentine one half- 

 pint, aquamonia 4 oz., oil of ori- 

 ganum 1 oz.; apply this as spoken 

 of every three hours until it blis- 

 ters. l)o not repeat oftener than 

 once in eight days, or seven at 

 least, or it will kill the hair. 



Healing Ointment. — -Take five 

 parts of lard, one of rosin, melt 

 together ; when they begin to 

 get cool add two parts of calo- 

 mine powder, If the wound is 

 unhealthy add a little turpen- 

 tine. 



Galls on Horses. — Bath the 

 parts affected with spirits satura- 

 ted with alum. 



Grubs in Horses. — Take a tea 

 spoonful of red precipitate, form 

 into a ball, repeat, if necessary, 

 in 30 minutes. 



Worms. — Give one quart of 

 strong tea made of worm-wood at 

 night, the next day give7 drachms 

 of aloes, 2 drachms of calomel, 

 make it into a ball and give it; 

 give no cold water for 48 hours ; 



make it milk-warm; give him 2 

 or 3 bran mashes, and some of 

 the cleansing-powder; if he shows 

 any more symptoms, repeat the 

 dose in three Aveeks. This will 

 never fail. 



Warts. — Cut them out by the 

 roots — take the tenackulum or 

 hook, run it through the warts, 

 and draw and cut round it, and 

 draw it out ; if it should bleed 

 too much, take 5 grains of nitre of 

 silver, and 1 oz. of water ; wet a 

 sponge, and merely touch the part 

 with this wash, and it will stop 

 them ; treat it as any fresh wound 

 — still, every time you wash it, 

 scratch the scab off, so the scar 

 will be small. This is the only 

 sure way to treat them. 



Groggy Knees. — This can be 

 cured in the first stages, but if 

 of long standing, there is no cure. 

 Have shoes made thick at the toe 

 and thin at the heels ; take lin- 

 seed oil, half pint, alcohol 4 oz., 1 

 oz. camphor spirits, 2 oz. lauda- 

 num — shake and apply to back 

 part of legs, rub it in well every 

 4 days ; still increase the thick- 

 ness of the shoes at the toe. 



Sore Mouth or Tongce. — Take 

 of borax 3 drachms,and 2 drachms 

 of sugar of lead, half oz. of alum, 

 one pint of sage tea — shake all 

 well together, and wash the 

 mouth out every morning. Give 

 no hay for twelve days. 



Cleansing Powder — This is to 

 be used when the blood is out of 

 order — good to restore lost appe- 

 tite — yellow water ; and wherev- 

 er it is to be used, it is spoken of. 

 Take 1 pound of good ginger, 4 

 oz. powdered gentian, 1 oz. nitre, 

 half oz. crude antimony — mix all 

 well. Give one large spoonful 

 every day, in wet food. This is 

 perfectly safe. 



