22 FACT NUMBER ONE. 



FACT NUMBER ONE, 

 Section III. 



REMEDY FOR THE HORSE SLOBBERS, &c. 



It has already been observed, that the Slobbers in the 

 horse, may be cured in a few hours by the use of dry feed, 

 and it may now be added, that wheat bran is believed to be 

 the most immediate as well as the most effectual temporary 

 cure. In some parts of the country, the laboring horse, to 

 avoid the effects of this disease, is regularly shut up and fed 

 on various kinds of dry fodder, during the whole slobber 

 season. A somewhat similar change of feed, provided for 

 the cow, will, if seasonably given, protect her also, or par- 

 tially restore her after she has been afflicted, from the effects 

 of this grass. But a more effectual remedy may be found 

 by adopting a regular and systematic course of pasturage, 

 something after the following order : — 



1st. The Slobber Grass, like Indian Corn, will not 

 thrive in the shade ; in order, therefore, to smother its growth, 

 keep the ground, when suitable, heavily stocked with herds- 

 grass, or what is called fox-tail, with clover, or with some- 

 thing that will afford a thick, strong sward. Then, to pre- 

 serve this sward, and leave no opening for the Slobber Grass 

 to sprout, the hog should be carefully shut out from the pas- 

 ture ; for where this animal breaks the ground, the poison 

 grass springs up with wonderful celerity, scatters its seads, 

 and destroys the wholesome feed. 



2d. The earliest spring feeding, should be taken from 



