Se THE FARMER'S 



leather made very thin, and round shaped, is in- 

 troduced, about the size of a crown piece, having 

 a large round hole in the middle of it. Frevious 

 to introducing the leather, it is covered with lint 

 or tow, and dipped in some digestive ointment. 

 Also a pledgit of tow, dipped in the same ointment, 

 is put in the orifice, to keep out the cold air. 



Rules for Bleeding. 



Rule 1 . Always give purgmg physic after let- 

 ting blood 2. Never bleed immediately after a 

 run; nor at the moment pretend to pass judgment 

 on the pulse, as it is then flurried. 3. You may 

 bleed after a fall, or a contused wound; though the 

 pulse be not quick, it will then be irregular: inci- 

 sed wounds do not require bleeding, since enough 

 escapes at the wound. 4. If the blood in the meas- 

 ure be very hard, with buff* at the top, the animal 

 may be bled again: it indicates high fever. 5. If 

 the blood scarcely coagulates, the poor creature 

 ought not to have been blooded at all. 



Grease. 



A distemper so denominated, is a swelling and 

 gourdiness of the legs of horses, which frequently 

 happens to them after a journey. Most people 

 have believed their grease to be melted by hard 

 riding, and fallen into their legs: And that which 

 may have given encouragement to this opinion, is 

 the colour of the matter issuing from the chinks 

 and sores in those parts, when they come to break, 

 somewiiat resembling grease. The distemper may 

 arise from various causes. If the grease be an 

 attendant on some other distemper, the cure will be 

 the more difficult, and it will be in vain to expect a 



