138 ARTISTIC HORSE-SHOEING. 



Disease of the Kidneys, 



Caused by feeding- dirt or musty grain, hard drawing-, 

 overloading, or too much turpentine. 



Cure — Blister over the kidneys, and give the following 

 pills every day : Take 1 oz. rosin, 1 oz. juniper berries 

 ground fine, 2 ozs. flour, make into a stiff paste, divide into 

 7 pills, give one every night, use the cleansing- powder 

 every day ; if the horse has trouble to g-et up when down, 

 swing him up for two weeks and give no food but that 

 which is clean — this is half the cure. Do not work or ride 

 him. 



Black Liniment. 



This is g'ood to applj^ on poll evil— fistula. Take of lin- 

 seed oil I pint, tr. of iodine 3 ozs., turpentine 4 ozs., oil of 

 origanum 1 oz., shake well and apply it every day, rub in 

 with the hand, wash the part clean before applying- it. 

 This is good on any swelling^. 



Sore Mouth or- Tongue— Called Canker or Thrush, 



Symptoms— The mouth runs water; the horse throws his 

 hay out of his mouth. The cause of this is often from 

 fi-osty bits being- put into his mouth or by eating poisonous 

 herbs. 



Cure— Take of borax 3 drachms, 2 dr. of sugar of lead, i 

 oz. alum, 1 pint vineg-a-r, 1 pint of sag-e tea, shake tog-ether 

 and wash tlie mouth out eveiy morning. Give no hay for 

 twelve days. 



