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Exercise is as essentially necessary to the growth and 

 strength of the limbs as food is to the body. So he that 

 does not know how to cure ringbone, can do much to 

 prevent it. 



Cure, — Take the swelling and inflammation out of the 

 ]egs by bathing them in cold water, and applying the 

 wormwood steeped in vinegar, as before stated. If the 

 pasterns remain enlarged or swollen, cut off a strip of 

 bacon rind, two inches wide, nearly an inch thick, and 

 long enough to reach around the part, and tie it on by 

 means of a strong string attached to each end thereof. 

 I would not do anything more for it under three months, 

 only to let him wear this, and give him plenty of exer- 

 cise; for nature will do a great deal towards perfecting 

 a cure; and harsh remedies are often attended w^th 

 worse consequences than the disease. After this opera- 

 tion, I should proceed to take them off precisely as I 

 would a bone spavin, being particular to oil the wound 

 occasionally, as well as all around the coronet, to assist 

 in restoring the hair, and also to prevent injuring the 

 hoof. 



FOR STOPPING JOINT LEE, &C. 



Where any fresh wound is near the joint, or the joint 

 is in any way injured so as to cause the joint water to leak 

 out, as is the case sometimes by kicks, &c., it must be 

 stopped immediately, and tliat before any attempt is 

 made to heal up the wound, or the joint is spoiled, which 

 can be done effectually in the following manner: Take, 

 for instance, from a peck to half a bushel of old, dry 

 beach leaves, boil them for sometime in w^ater, then 



