148 DISEASES OF ANIMALS. 



In extreme cases, bleed him as long as he <?an stand. 

 Then draw his head up, and with a spoon, lay salt back 

 on his tongue, till he has swallowed one pint. Let him 

 drink only moderately. Anoint his feet with spirits of 

 turpentine, and he will soon be well. The founder per- 

 vades every part of the system. Bleeding arrests it in 

 the blood, and the salt in the stomach and bowels. At- 

 tend to it immediately after the injury. 



Another. Curry the horse with a sharp curry-comb, 

 very briskly, against the hair, from his hoofs over the 

 whole body, and with sufficient severity to draw blood 

 slightly, in places ; then jump on him, and ran him some 

 distance, and he will 1 e relieved. 



Another. If youi horse founders over night, take 

 him the next morning, and, by turns, set each hoof in a 

 pint of boiling hot hog's lard, first cleaning the hoof; 

 and better still, if the shoe be taken off. Have it boil- 

 ing hot for each foot, and with a spoon, put it over the 

 hoof as near as possible to the hair. He will be fit for 

 use in three or four hours ; so says a Kentuckian who 

 had practised (his mode of cure for fifty years without a 

 single failure. 



Another. Immediately on discovering the founder, 

 give the horse about a pint of sun-flower seeds in his 

 feed. This may aid in the cure ; but it may not be 

 sufficient alone. 



H. Cole, in the Prairie Farmer, recommends, as a 

 simple and certain cure, to bleed the horse freely in the 

 neck, as soon as the founder is discovered, and as soon 

 as practicable, place him in water about up to his belly ; 

 the colder the better, and let him stand two thirds of a 

 day ; or, if badly foundered, longer. This drives the 

 founder from his feet and legs, and prevents its settling 

 there. 



EATING TOO MUCH GRAIN. 



Some animals eat grain to excess when they get 

 access to it, and it would often kill them, unless relieved. 

 The grain absorbs the juices of the stomach, and with 

 the heat becomes so swelled as to be in danger of burst- 

 ing it. Or if ;his d -?s not take place, the stomach ma^ 



