64 AVERY 'S OWN FARRIER. 



Here is another that is very useful, but more mild. 

 Take eight ounces of oil of turpentine, four ounces of 

 Barbadoes, lour drachms of the oil of rosemary; dissolve 

 in water, add two drachms of sal ammoniac, then mix all 

 together, and apply twice a day until it gives relief. 



Liniment for Bruises, Sprains and Ulcers. — Take one 

 pint of good alcohol, one drachm of blue vitrol, two 

 drachms of camphor gum, two drachms of saltpetre, two 

 drachms of the tincture of gum myrrh, pulverize and 

 mix all together, let it stand twelve hours, and shake 

 well before using. 



Here is another for a like purpose, which is a very 

 stimulating and useful one. Take equal parts of the oil 

 of origanum and the oil of wormwood, add sufficient 

 alcohol to cut the oils. Good also for windgall, oselets, 

 splints, ringbones, &c. 



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CHAPTER XI. 



THE FEET, 



" Time and the ever chauging world, are the great baskets 

 from which we pick wisdom and amusement as we go." 



I must say a few words now about the feet. In cases 

 of old founders, corns and other wounds, caused by bad 

 shoeing, &c., the hoofs become contracted and full of 

 fever, which makes the horse almost a cripple for road 

 service. To remedy this, some people stuff the feet with 

 cow manure. This should never be done, for if you 

 take a well horse and stuff his feet in this manner for 



