22 MODERN FARRIER. 



Powdered corrosive sublimate, half an ounce. 

 Spirits of wine, - - half a pint. 



Water, - - _ - l quart. 



To be applied every third day, and on the inter- 

 mediate days to wash the parts with soft soap and 

 warm water. 



Those who prefer using powders may give the 

 following two or three days before the skin is dress- 

 ed, and which may be continued while necessary : 



Crude antimony, - half a pound. 



Nitre, _ _ _ half a pound. 



Flour of sulphur, - half a pound. 



Cream of tartar, - - half a pound. 



These ingredients being finely powdered and well 

 mixed, a table-spoonful may be put in the horse's 

 corn, or mash of oats and bran, every night and 

 morning. 



When a horse is perfectly cured of this disease, 

 his collar, gear, saddle, clothing, or whatever he 

 wore during his illness, must be well washed with 

 soap-suds, and rubbed over with the lotion recom- 

 mended above. The stall, rack, and manger, should 

 also be white-washed with quick-lime, which, in a 

 few days, may be washed off with clear water. 

 These precautions should never be neglected. 



18. The Farcy. 



Symptoms. — The horse appears dull, his skin feels 

 tight and dry, and the legs, particularly the hind 

 ones, swell suddenly to an enormous size. The 

 small glands rise up in small lumps or knots, which 

 farriers call farcy-huds. These small lumps are at 

 first extremely hard and sore ; but in a few hours 

 they suppurate, and discharge an unhealthy ichorous 

 matter. The edges of these ulcers have a bad and 

 chancrous appearance; and the disease gradually 



