44 THE FARMER'S 



ver, 4 ounces, hog's lard, 1-2 a pound, flour of sul- 

 phur, 4 oz. train oil, 1-2 a pint. 



Grind the siker with the turpentine, in a marble 

 mortar, for five or six hours, until it completely 

 disappears; and add a little oil of turpentine to make 

 it rub easier; then add the remainder, and work 

 them all well together till united. 

 ^ This ointment must be well rubbed on every 

 part affected, in the open air, if the sunshine and 

 the weather be warm; but if it be winter, take the 

 horse to a blacksmith's shop, where a large bar of 

 iron must be heated, and held at a proper distance 

 over him, to warm the ointment. 



lAnimentfor the Mange. 



Take of white precipitate, 2 ounces, strong mer- 

 curial ointment, 2 ounces, sulphur of vivum, 1 

 pound, flour of sulphur, 1-2 a pound, rape oil, 2 

 quarts. 



First grind the white precipitate in a little oil; 

 afterwards add the remainder, teiking care that they 

 are well mixed. 



This liniment must be well rubbed in with a hard 

 brush, in the open air, provided the day be fine, 

 and the weather warm. If the horse draw in a 

 team, the inside of the collar must be washed, or 

 the inside of the saddle, if a saddle-horse, for tho 

 disease is highly contagious. 



Paste to stop Bleeding. 



Take of fresh nettles, 1 handful, bruise them m' 

 a mortar; add, blue vitriol, in powder, 4 oz. wheat- 

 en flour, 2 oz. wine vinegar, 1-2 oz. oil of vitriol, 

 1 -2 oz. Beat them all together into a paste. Let 

 the wound be filled up with this paste, and a prop- 



