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— many barbarous and cruel to the animal. I will give you a remedy ofte* 

 tried, and never known to fail. Anoint the wart three times with clean, 

 fresh hog's lard, about two days between times. I have had warts on my 

 horses— bleeding warts, of large size, ratthng warts and seed warts, to the 

 number of more than one hundred on one horse's head. I have never been 

 able to find the warts for the third apphcation if the lard. All disappear 

 after the second application. I have sent this prescription to several agri- 

 cultural papers, hoping it would be of some use to farmers. But they all 

 seem slow to believe, perhaps, because the remedy is at hand and costs no- 

 thing. I own I was slow to believe myself; but, having a fine young mare 

 with large bleeding warts, that covered parts of the bridle and girths with 

 blood whenever used, I thought there would be no harm in trying lard on 

 them. When the mare was got up for the third applicatiou, there were no 

 warts, and the scars are there now, after more than fifteen years, with very 

 little change. I may say that for cuts, bruises, galls, etc., the apphcation of 

 fresh lard— either for man or beast— is worth more than any patent hniment 

 in use. It will remove pain instantly, and does not irritate raw flesh, as all 

 liniments do. 



Stidiibling Horses—The Pittsburg 5toc/(;?>i(T« says: " Some good horses 

 are addicted to stumbling while walking or moving in a slow trot. A well- 

 versed veterinarian states that there are two causes (hat would tend to pro- 

 duce this faulty action; one a general weakness in the muscular system, 

 such as would be noticed in a tired horse; the other a weakness of the ex- 

 terior muscles of the leg, brought about by cariying too much weight on the 

 wje. To effect a cure, he adds, lighten the weight of each front shoe about 

 lour ounces; have the toe of the shoe made of steel instead of iron, it will 

 wear longer, have it rounded off about the same as it would be wlieu one- 

 third worn out, in order to prevent tripping, allow one week's rest; have the 

 logs showered for a few minutes at a time with cold water through a hose, 

 in order to create a spray; then rub dry briskly, from the chest down to the 

 foot. Give walking exercise daily this week, for about an hour, twice a day. 

 When you commence dri^ang again omit the slow jog — either walk or send 

 him along at a shai-p trot for a mile or two, then walk away, but do not 

 speed for at least several weeks. By this means the habit of stumbling 

 from cither of the above causes will be pretty well overcome. 



Cure for Balky Horse. — Hermann Koon, my German neighbor, writes 

 a correspondent of the Prairie Fanner, is as patient a man as belongs to 

 that patient race. Coming along the road a month or so ago, I saw Her- 

 mann lying in a fence corner, under the shade of an elm, (juietly smoking 

 his pipe. A quarter of a mile or so beyond I saw Hermann's horse and 

 buggy by the roadside, the horse evidently tied to a post. This was a queor 

 condition of affairs, for my neighbor is one of the most industrious meu 1 

 know. My curiosity was aroused, and I stopped for an explanation. lu 

 In-oken English he told me his horse, a recent purchase, had proved balky, 

 had stopped near where he now stood and no amount of coaxing could in- 

 duce hhn to go on. Hermann did not curso the animal, ho did not lash it 

 with his wliip, beat it with a club, build a fire under its belly, nor resort to 

 any other of the brutal means some men use in such cases. Ho quietly got 

 out of the buggy, tied the horse to the post, and walked off. Hermann had 

 been taking it easy under the tree for three long hours. He thought the hoise 

 would be glad to go now if recjuested to do «o, It U^'-d ouge before 8toj>pe<3 



