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or feels the whip or motion of the reins. This is sorae- 

 times caused by colds, fevers, blows, &c., which cause 

 the ear wax to collect and remain in the drum of the ear 

 until deafness is the result. 



Cure, — Turn a teaspoonfull of the extract of swamp 

 ash bark into each ear, two mornings in succession. 

 Then for a few days following, turn in a few drops of 

 either skunk's or woodchuck's oil. One week is generally 

 sufficient to cure the worst cases of deafness, unless it is 

 the effect of old age, and then it would be useless to 

 tamper with it. 



SCALDED OR GALLED BREAST. 



Now it frequently happens in the spring and autumn 

 of the year, when farmers begin their farm work, that 

 their horses' breasts become very sore and badly galled, 

 as well as canal and other horses used for draft. The 

 skin being more tender at this season of the year in con- 

 sequence of the horse shedding the old hair and the sud- 

 den growth of the new. As a preventive for this diffi- 

 culty, keep your harness clean and soft. Wash all the 

 sweat anil dust off from the horse's breast every noon 

 and evening with cold water, and also every morning 

 with a decoction of hemlock, or white ash bark, not very 

 strong. This will not only harden the breast, but it will 

 prevent the collar from chafing and rnaking it sore. 

 Refrain from putting on any kind of oil or grease while 

 using the horse, for this will catch all the dust, and the 

 grit thereof will surely make a sore. 



Cure. — Treat as you would any other sorej or observe 

 entire rest, and leave to nature. When you continue to 



