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An officer who commanded artillery during the late war naed the follow- 

 ing simple remedy for colic in horses, which he has tried with perfect suc- 

 cess in hundreds of cases: Rub the horse well between the fore legs and 

 around the girth with spirits of turpentine. Immediately relief follows. 



Another remedy is the following: Take some good home-made soap, and 

 make about half a gallon of warm soap suds; then take a quart bottle, fill it, 

 and drench the horse. Sometimes as much as a half-gallon* may be needed. 



Botjf. — The bot larvae are Hable to be found domiciled in the horse at any 

 and at all times. It only does noticeable damage when the number accumu- 

 lates in the passages, or when Uiere is some disturbance in the digestion of 

 the horse, when, it is said, it cuts through the membrane of the stomach, 

 causing death to ensue. The bot-fly lays its eggs in the hair of the horse, 

 abjut the flanks and front legs, where they get to the tongtie, and from 

 thence are swallowed and hatch in the stomach. They live a certain period 

 of timo and are discharged, to become flies again. Several doses are recom- 

 mended to be given to dislodge the grub, but when it is doing no perceptible 

 harm many horsemen prefer to let it alone rather than medicate the horse. 

 Cut some remove them by giving powdered aloes, asafoetida, each one- 

 fourth ounce; mix in hot water, »ud when cold add oil of turpentine, sul- 

 phuric ether, each one ounce. Give in Unseed tea as a drench. 



Another authority says: Botsin bprses may be known by the animals oc- 

 casionally nipping at their sides, and alik> by red pimples rising on the inner 

 STuface of the upper lip, which may be plainly seen by turning the lip up. 

 The cure is effected by taking two quarts new milk, one quart of molasses, 

 and giving the horse the whole amount. In fifteen minutes afterward give 

 two quarts warm sage tea; thirty minutes after give one pint of currier's oil, 

 or enough to operate as physic. The cure will be complet€, as the milk and 

 molasses cause the bots to let go, the tea puckers them up, and the oil car- 

 ries them entirely away. 



Another remedy is as follows: Give the animal one quart of sage tea, in 

 which a large teaspoonful of soda or saleratus is dissolved. If not relieved 

 in one hour, repeat the do8«, and repeat hourly until rehef is obtaiaed. 



Fonnder. — ^Founder consists of inflammation of the lamine, or leaves of 

 the hoof— the most sensitive portions of the foot, which serve to connect the 

 interior part to the outer protecting covering of horn. It may be very severe 

 and acute, or a simple stifihess of the limbs and muscles. In this case two 

 s of lobeUa |may be given, and the limbs bathed with hot water and 

 rubbed with liniment or kerosene oil. This may be continued for three or 

 four days. AYarm blanketing, with hot fomentations, will be useful. 'Wlicu 

 the horse suffers very much, and the feet are hot and painful, a i>ound of 

 salts should be given, followed by twenty-drop doses of tincture of aconite; 

 the feet enveloped in large poultices of bran, or even sawdust, steeped in hot 

 water, and the legs bathed in hot water and wrapped up. A deep, soft bed 

 should be given, and the horse induced to he down. After the worst symp- 

 toms are over the hoof and sole should be rasped down and the feet kept ia 

 a puddle of clay and water. The shoes should be removed. 



The following remedy, says an experienced farmer, of Texas, is a sure 

 cure for founder, viz: "A large tablespoonful of pulverized alum and a 

 tablespoonful of pulverized saltpetre mixed. Moisten the dose and admin- 

 ister it by puUing out the tongue and placing the spoon as far back in the 

 mouth as possible." 



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