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ANGLE BERKIES OR WARTS. 



These are little warty tumors^ growing on va- 

 rious parts of the skin, and sometimes on the 

 teats. 



Remedy: — The easiest and shortest way to re- 

 move them, is to tie a piece of waxed silk firmly 

 around the base of each, and to tighten them 

 every day; hy means of this, the tumor vrill drop 

 off, and will rarely grow again. To make it cer- 

 tain," the parts should he touched with a hot iron 

 or lunar caustic; the warts should he well scarred^ 

 and they w^ill never appear again. 



THE FOUL IN THE FOOT. 



The first thing is to examine the wound care- 

 fully, and see how far it extends under the hoof 

 or horn. The first step is to clean all the foul 

 or proiid flesh, hy means of a knife, then apply 

 lunar caustic, or muriatic acid, until the wound 

 becomes healthy and dry. In extreme cases 

 where there is swelling, apply a poultice night 

 and morning, then apply the caustic, and keep 



