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medicines that can be made for scratches, hoof-evll, cuts, and la good to 

 apply on flatula after the rowels have been taken out. 



Hoof Ointment.— Take resin, 4 oz. ; beeswax, 6 oz. ; lard, 2 lbs. Melt 

 together. Pour it into a pot, and 3 oz. of turpentine, 2 oz, of flnely-pow- 

 dered verdigris, l lb. tallow. Stir all until It gets cool. This is one of the 

 best medicines for the hoof ever used, It is good for corks or bruises of 

 ttie feet. 



Hoop Liquid,— For tender feet, hoof-bound, &c. Linseed or neatsfoot 

 oil, half a pint of either; turpentine, 4 oz. ; oil of tar, 6 oz. ; origanum, 3 

 oz. Shake this well and apply it as the directions for the ointment. This 

 ia the best, if the horse has been lame long ; it penetrates the hoof sooner 

 than the ointment. Both of them should be applied at night. 



Hoop-EriL OR Thrush, Grease Heels.— Bleed, and physic, and poul- 

 tice the foot with boiled turnips and some fine-ground charcoaL Thia 

 must be done at night, for two or three nights ; then wash the foot clean 

 with Castile soap and soft water, and apply the blue ointment every day. 

 Keep the horse on a floor, and he will be well In twelve days. 



Hoop-BouND, OR Tender Feet.— Never have the feet spread at the 

 heels nor rasped above the nail holes, for it will do the foot an Injury. 

 Follow the directions given here. Use either the hoof ointment or the 

 hoof liquid. Apply it according to directions. For hoof-bound or tender 

 feet, apply it all around the top of the hoof down one inch every third 

 day. If for split hoof apply It every day. First, have a stiff shoe on the 

 foot and cleanse the cut or crack. Never cut or burn for it. 



Hoof Ail.— Apply blue vitriol, and put on a tarred rag to keep out the 

 dirt. 



No. 2. Wash well with warm soap-suds, wipe dry with a cloth ; then 

 take 2 spoonsful of common table salt, 2 spoonsful of copperas, pulverize; 

 4 spoonsful of soft soap. Mix well. Spread It upon a thick cloth, apply 

 to the foot, them conflne it with a bandage. Let it remain 12 hours, then 

 wash as before. 



HooF-BouND.— Pare the heel of the hoof till it ia aa flat and natural aa a 

 oolt'a, then take equal parts pitch pine and butter simmered together and 

 anoint the heel. 



Heaves.- Take 1 lb. of resin, 1 lb. of saltpetre, 8 oz. alum, 1 oz. of aaa- 

 fcetlda, 4 oz. of sulphur. Pulverize and mix. Give 1 tea-spoonful once 

 a day In hia feed. This Is also a good medicine for putting a horae in 

 condition. 



