120 BOTS OR GRUBS. 



copperas, and give it as a drench. If the horse is not 

 relieved in fifteen minutes, repeat the dose. 



No. 2. Take of linseed or sturgeon's oil, one pint, 

 and give it as a drench. If the horse is not relieved 

 in fifteen minutes, repeat the dose. 



No. 3. Take of molasses, one pint ; milk, one pint ; 

 give it as a drench, and repeat the dose. 



No. 4. Take of fresh meat of any kind (raw) half 

 a pound, cut it into four or five pieces, and force it 

 down the horse's throat ; it will immediately induce 

 the grubs to break their hold. 



No. 5. Take two ounces of ^Ethiop's mineral and 

 give it to your horse in his feed, and in a day or two 

 afterwards give him a purge ; then you may give him 

 a decoction of bitter herbs, to prevent their return. 



No. 0. Give your horse (after taking molasses and 

 milk) a quart or two of fish or beef brine, as a drench. 

 From recent experiments, salt appears to have the 

 property of killing worms : these insects placed in a 

 solution of this substance die immediately. 



No. 7. Drench the horse with half an ounce of salt- 

 petre dissolved in common water, and in about fifteen 

 minutes drench with half an ounce of alum dissolved 

 in like manner. Let the horse have no water for 

 twenty-four hours after. 



An active purge will be absolutely necessary imme- 

 diately after the use of either of the above remedies. 

 One pint of soft soap added to a pint of molasses, 

 with a handful of salt, will answer very well. Re- 

 peat the dose, should it not operate in four or five 

 nours. 



