118 HOTS OR GRUBS. 



cure will be effected in a very short time. Light or 

 green food would be preferable to any other, for a 

 horse thus diseased, until the cure is performed. 



Number 3. After washing the legs and ankles clean 

 with soap suds, take of flower of sulphur or powdered 

 brimstone, one table spoonful ; hog's lard, one table 

 spoonful ; mix them well together, and anoint the sores 

 and parts inflamed twice a day. A horse will get 

 well much sooner confined in a clean stall, than by 

 running at large. 



Number 4. .Boil poke-root to a strong decoction, 

 and bathe the ankles twice a day. In all cases a clean 

 stable will aid you much in making a quick cure of the 

 scratches. 



BOTS OR GRUBS. 



THE bots or grubs are small worms that are found 

 in the stomach ; their colour is brown or reddish, and 

 they seldom exceed three quarters of an inch in length. 

 At one extremity they have two small hooks, by 

 which they attach themselves, and the belly appears to 

 be covered with very small feet. They are most fre- 

 quently found adhering to the insensible coat of the 

 stomach, and then they do not appear to cause any 

 considerable uneasiness or inconvenience. Sometimes 

 however, they attach themselves to the sensible part, 

 and do great injury to that important organ, producing 

 irritation, emaciation, a rough coat of hair, hide bound 

 and cough. It is astonishing with what force these 

 worms adhere, and how tenacious they are of life. 



