so avery's own farrier. 



soda, once a day. This will be most likely to cut and 

 dislodge the gravel, and relieve the horse from his suf- 

 fering,* if not, try the remedy given under the head of 

 Lithontriptics. 



Cribbing. — This is more a habit than a disease, and 

 is generally acquired while young in consequence of 

 cutting teeth, which causes pain in the gums and jaws. 

 This habit, once acquired, he does not forget after teeth- 

 ing, but continues to grow stronger with age. To effect 

 a cure onl}' requires to hitch him in the middle of the 

 floor and high up, so that he can not bite anything, till 

 he forgets this habit, which will not require many days 

 to accomplish. He should be fed from a basket hung 

 on his head, during the time. 



Choking. — It sometimes happens that a very greedy 

 horse gets choked while endeavoring to hog down dry 

 oats very fast. A quantity of oats get lodged in the 

 throat of the animal; being unable to swallow them, if 

 he does not throw them up immediately, they soon swell 

 and become so hard that he can not get rid of them by 

 any effort of his own, and he must die unless relieved. 



Cure. — When this first happens, if he does not thiow 

 them up in a few moments, take a round stick as large 

 as you can get in his mouth crosswise, and tie it in by 

 means of a string at each end running over the head; and 

 if it is possible for him to throw them up by coughing 

 he will do so; if this does not have the desired effect, 

 then hold his head up as high as you can» turn into the 

 mouth a strong decoction of tobacco, and make him sw^al- 

 low if possible. This sickens him and relaxes the 

 muscles to that degree that it will give immediate re- 



