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No. 94. — A Good Domestic Liniment. 



To one pint of good alcohol add one and a half ounce 

 of origanum oil; one ounce of camphor gum, and half 

 an ounce of laudanum. 



No. 95. — A Good Horse Liniment. 



One pint of alcohol, one pint of spirits turpentine, 

 two ounces of camphor gum, one and a half ounce of 

 origanum oil, one and a half ounce of oil of amber, one 

 ounce of wormwood oil, two ounces of Barbadoes tar, 

 and three ounces of Castile soap; good for cuts, burns, 

 bruises, sprains and neuralgia. 



No. 96. — Cause and Effect. 



As sure as effect follows cause, just so sure there is a 

 cause for effect; and this is applicable in disease as well 

 as in anything else. I have no doubt, even in this sec- 

 tion of country, that many of the ills that the horse is 

 subjected to may be attributed to improper feeding, and 

 that as many horses suffer from this cause, as from want 

 of feeding. I know many farmers and others that are in 

 the habit, as soon as their oats are harvested, to begin 

 feeding their work horses with oats in the bundle, until 

 winter, or until they have time to do their threshing; and 

 others, while feeding a good portion of grain, make up 

 the remaining part of their food with straw. As a gene- 

 ral rule, this last does very well, and especially where cut 

 feed is not used at all, and more particularly after their 

 horses are old enough to be put into work, say five or six 

 years old. Although this mode of feeding has had its dis- 

 astrous effects with the horse, the present season. Owing 



