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Condition Powder. 



This is the best tonic Condition Powder ever used, and is used in 

 the Eastern cities at a high price, under various names, such a* 

 Condition Food, &c. 



Salt if ftg. 



Common Brown Sugar Q ft s . 



Carbonate Soda 6 oz. 



Ginger (ground) £ ft. 



Gentian (powdered) § ft. 



Cummin Seed (ground) 6 oz. 



Fenugreek (ground) ..6 oz. 



Grains Pax'adise (ground) \ ft. 



Meal 100 fts. 



Dose — One pint with the food. 



Incurable Diseases. 



There are some diseases or afflictions to which the horse is 

 subject, which, when thoroughly established, are incurable ; among 

 which are heaves, cribbing, thumps, windsucking, bog and bone 

 spavins, curbs, ringbones and exosotosis on the joints. This latter 

 class of unsoundness may, however, be palliated in incipiency, by 

 blistering, but it should be administered by a skilled veterinarian. 

 If not, the effect of the treatment may be worse than the disease. 



Watering Horses. 



The water from ponds, streams or rain-water cisterns, is much 

 preferable to that from cold springs or wells, as the temperature of 

 it is more natural and more conducive to health than cold water, 

 and it is generally softer, a desirable quality of water for all animals. 

 If the horse is to be driven rapidly, he should be watered frequently 

 with tepid water, and there is great economy in removing the chill 

 from the water used for idle animals in cold weather. 



