y 44 



uncovered, thereby he takes one cold after anoth- 

 er, until it settles so hard upon the lungs as to 

 cause the heaves, which is similar to the asthma 

 in a person, and it is generally thought to be in- 

 curable, therefore thousands of poor horses have 

 to undergo the labour of the day while coughing 

 and wheezing in a manner almost insupportable, 

 only for the want of this simple remedy. — Take 

 kaf tobacco and tie it on the bits of the bridle 

 when the horse is used ; likewise take one pound 

 and a half of ginger for a horse ; give two table 

 spoonfuUs a day, one in the morning and the oth- 

 «r in the evening, mixed with wheat or rj^e bran, 

 which seldom fails of ciirinsr the disease. 



N. B. * It takes the simple things oi this world 

 to confound the wise.' 



A Curt for Cows and Oxen troubled with the Garget, 



As soon as the cow's bag swells, or the milk 

 curdles in the bag, or they give bloody milk, 

 which is generally a sure indication of this disorder 

 — First take two & a half quarts of blood from the 

 creature ; in three days after take away two quarts 

 of blood, and in three days more take away one 

 quart of blood, which is sufficient for tlie cure of 

 any cow or ox whatever of the above disorder : 

 but if owners of cows and oxen want to prevent 

 their being troubled with this disease, I know of 

 no better way than for them to bleed their cows 

 about two wrecks before the time of their caiving, 

 and their oxen in the spring, which I have 

 known by experience to have prevented cows 

 from having this disease for the whole season, 

 notwithstanding they had before been tilooded 

 six or seven times in the course of a season, to 

 keep them clear of this disorder, and prevent tl\e 

 ioss of many quarts of milk* 



