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1 ounce. Mix, and give a tablespoonf ul two or three times a day in the feed. 

 One of the best condition powders for any cough, cold, distemper or epizootic ; 

 also excellent for heaves. For heaves, one ounce of lobelia and camphor 

 may be added. 



Liniments for Horses. 



No. 1.— Olive oil, 2 ounces; aqua ammonia, 1 ounce. Mix, and add 2 

 ounces oil origanum, 2 ounces spirits of turpentine, 4- ounce oil of worm- 

 wood, 1 pint of strongest alcohol. This liniment is excellent for any lame- 

 ness, also good for spavins, ring-bones, curbs, etc., if used when they make 

 their first appearance. 



No. 2. — Oil of spike, 1 ounce; oil of origanum, 4 ounces; aqua ammonia, 



2 ounces; tincture of cayenne pepper, 4 ounces; beef's gall, 1 gill; camphor 

 gum, I'ounce; alcohol, 1 pint. Mix. Used for the same purposes as No. 1. 



No. 3. — Best vinegar, 1 quart; saltpetre, pulverized, 4 ounces; wormwood, 

 4 ounces. Mix, and steep in a dish well covered; strain and press the herbs. 

 Valuable for bruises, swellings and sprains. 



Saddle and Harness Galls, Bruises, etc. 



No. 1. — Tincture of opium, 2 ounces ; tannin, 2 drachms. Mix, and apply 

 twice a day. 



No. 2. — Take white lead and linseed oil. and mix as for paint, and 

 apply two or three times a day. This is good for scratches, or any wounds 

 on a horse. 



Eyewater for Horses. 



Sugar of lead, 1 drachm; tincture of opium, 2 drachms; soft water, 1 

 pint. Mix, and wash the eye two or three times a day. 



Founder. 



No. 1. — Vinegar, 3 pints; cayenne pepper, I drachm; tincture of aconite 

 root, 15 drops. Mix, and boil down to one quart; w^hen cool, give it as a 

 drench. Blanket the horse well ; after the horse has perspired for an hour or 

 more, give one quart of raw linseed oil. This treatment will be found good 

 for horses foundered by eating too much grain. 



No. 2. — Some recommend for horses foundered on grain, to bleed about 

 one gallon, then to drench the horse with one quart of raw linseed oil; after 

 this to rub the fore legs well, and for a long time, with very warm water, 

 having a little tincture of opium mixed with it. As the horse will not 

 recover from loss of blood for a long time, it is usually better to adopt the 

 treatment given in No. 1. 



