60 avery's own farrier. 



CHAPTER TX. 



SLOBBERING IN SUMMER AT PASTURE. 



Causes. — Mr. Mason (and others agree with him) con- 

 tends that it is by eating the spider web that is found 

 so plentifully spread over our pastures. Now, if this 

 were so, why don't they slobber at all seasons of the 

 year when this web is to be found? They never slobber 

 in the early part of summer, and then this web is to be 

 found most plentifully. I contend that it is the white 

 clover, after it begins to dry up, that causes the horse to 

 slobber, for then it is that he commences to slobber, and, 

 as soon as it is gone, towards fall or autumn, he ceases 

 to do so. And then you watch the horse and see how 

 carefully he avoids these webs, when he is feeding near 

 them. The clover has the property of salivating them 

 to a remarkable degree, while feeding on other green 

 food. Sometimes horses slobber so bad when they run 

 out to pasture, that they will grow poor, even in good 

 feed, besides rendering them very unpleasant to handle. 



Cure. — To prevent their slobbering, you must either 

 put them up to dry food, or give them what they will 

 eat (every day) of equal parts of pulverized alum and 

 fine salt, which will prevent this difficulty, and alse^^om 

 being troubled with worms. 



To Destroy Lice — Wash the horse with a strong 

 solution of alum, and it is an effectual remedy to destroy 

 lice, that so much hinders the growth of colls; a strong 

 solution of aloes is good for a like purpose, as well as a 



