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avery's own fakrier. 



disease of the skin or any other part. It brings the hu- 

 morous matter of the body to the surface, and cleanses the 

 system. Then by applying this wash, which is equally 

 cooling and soothing to the surface, all itching and 

 eruptions of the skin are got rid of at once. Some 

 may have formed an unfavorable opinion of this grain by 

 feeding too much or too long of it; at any rate, it is 

 good for a change of diet^ which the horse so much re- 

 quires; and is valuable as a medicine in all diseases of 

 the skin, acting as a preventive against other diseases. 

 The straw of this grain also forms an important part of 

 the food of the horse, especially when fed on much of the 

 heavier kinds of grain, or when diseased. 



Dropsy. — Has been called by some water farcy, but it 

 may be more properly called dropsy. , 



Causes. — Over riding or driving, excessive fatigue, 

 damp stables, and taking cold, whereby the pores of the 

 skin become closed, so that the fluid which should have 

 passed off through them in the form of sweat or evapo- 

 ration, is collected beneath the skin. 



Symptoms. — The horse is very stiff and sore, and 

 scarcely able to be moved out of the stable, not much 

 inclined to eat or lie down, the arms, breast and belly 

 swollen, and hanging down like sacks, appearing to be 

 filled with wind or water, or a sort of jelly under the 

 skin, the dimensions of which will correspond with the 

 severity of the case. 



Cure. — Clothe warm, rub the legs often; give cayenne 

 pepper tea two or three times a day, and every morning 

 add a little rosin to his food for two or three days, fre- 

 quently bathing the swollen parts with cold water. After 



