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ADDITIONS. 



Mft. JAMES SCAMMON'S RECJEIPTS, OF 



STRATH AM. 



To cure a Horse of ike BotSi 

 Many horses die with the Bots, and often when 

 people cannot tell what ails them ; whereas, if 

 the disorder w'as known, a cure might probably 

 be effected. To know whether a horse has the 

 Bots or not, first examine the inner part of the 

 upper lip, and if you find several small bunches 

 there, you may at once conclude he has the Bots. 

 Now, having got the disorder, we want a sim- 

 ple, safe, sure and easy remedy for their relief, 

 which is as follow^s, providing they have not eat 

 through the maw, viz. : Take one glass full of fine 

 salt, and rub the bunches on the inner part of the 

 lip with it until they all bleed, which causes the 

 bots to break their hold on the mav/ ; then give the 

 horse potatoes plentifully for two or three days in 

 succession, which loosens the horse and carries 

 off the bots. I have often tried the experiment, 

 and have never known it to fail of a cure. 



A Cure for the Boh, 

 Take tlie entrails of a hen or chicken, and give 

 them to a horse — h will cure him in a few hours. 

 It may be done by raising the horse's head, op- 

 ening his mouth, and .putting them down his 

 throat as far as you caix, and he will swallow 

 them. 



