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the betterment of the horse's condition, I recommend the 

 following 



Treatment — Which I have used for many years with 

 great satisfaction: Mash the horse with well-scalded bran 

 mashes for two feeds; then at nighttime give him one powder 

 for three successive nights made into the following combi- 

 nation, but divided into three equal parts (one to be given 

 each night): 3 drachms of English calomel and one drachm 

 tartar emetic. This is to be followed in twenty-four hours 

 by a good purging ball made of five drachms Barbados 

 aloes, two drachms of ginger, one drachm of rhubarb, mixed 

 with molasses and flax seed, meal or flour. After the medi- 

 cine begins to work let the horse remain quiet in a comfort- 

 able stall, and examine the foeces to see if the worms are be- 

 ing carried off. Then after eight or ten stools have passed 

 off small quantities of food may be given, together with 

 reasonable quantities of tepid water. This treatment never 

 fails to get rid of worms and improve the general health of 

 the horse. I have practiced it for more than forty years. 

 (The Old Veteran Himself.) 



To Blister a Curb. — Put one hundred grains of finely 

 powdered corrosive sublimate in a one-half ounce bottle of 

 alcohol and let it remains till it dissolves. Shave the hair 

 off close and apply with a cork for ten or twelve minutes. 

 If it does not take effect in an hour, repeat the application. 



Thrush. — This is a disease peculiar to all the lower 

 animals under certain conditions. Horses, oxen and sheep 

 are especially liable to become affected with it. It is gen- 

 erally produced by permitting stock to remain in buildings 

 that are unclean, such as allowing horses to stand too long 

 in their own stools and urine. When this is the case, unless 

 their feet are being picked out, washed or otherwise cleansed 

 daily, thrush invariably sets in. If allowed to run any 

 length of time, it will eat up the internal structure of the 

 foot, and cause not only disunion to take place, but the loss 

 of the hoof sometimes results. 



In order TO prevent thrush keep your stables clean, 

 have your horses' hoofs picked out or washed at least twice 

 a week to prevent the accumulation of filth, keep your 

 horses' feet clean. This same order applies to oxen and 



