66 . FOR THE DISTEMPER. 



FOR THE DISTEMPER. 



Give the horse indigo water to drink: feed on 

 bran mash mixed with a small quantity of sul- 

 phor or brimstone; or you may use some good 

 korse powders, adding thereto a little of the 

 brimstone. The easiest mode to tincture the 

 water with the indigo is to put it into a common 

 muslin bag; then dip the bag into the water, 

 letting it remain until the water becomes blrre- 

 ishj or until you think it contains a sufficient 

 quantity of the indigo. Give no other water to 

 drink. This is a safe remedy. 



HOOF OINTMENT. 



Take 1 pound of tar and 1 pound of tallow, 

 mix them with J pound of common turpentine 

 in a stone ware dish; stir them until they are 

 thoroughly mixed together. This is an excel- 

 lent dressing for sore hoofs, for horses and oxen. 



