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stomach, and the seed of mustard would be more effectual, 

 were it ground before being given. 



Of the effects of the above mixture, we cannot speak 

 from experience, but we are fully assured by those in whom 

 we can believe, that it is beneficial. 



Gunpowder and White of Egg are among the pecu- 

 liar and inexplicable improvers of animal tissue, why, we 

 cannot well understand, nevertheless, they are occasionally 

 employed for the purpose of giving spirit and life to horses 

 of easy disposition and not disposed to run off. The effects 

 produced by a few days' administration, we are assured by 

 one who has employed this mixture, to be almost miracu- 

 lous, causing quiet horses to attempt to run away. We 

 do not vouch for the truth of the effects of the above. 

 Those who are curious, can with little trouble and expense 

 test the effects for themselves. 



Willow-Bark Tea. — This is a favorite as well as a 

 harmless substance, when given to horses, mixed in their 

 feed; it imparts good spirits and appearance. The bark is 

 gathered before the young shoots are ripe and the sap of 

 the tree has gone down. Then it is dried in a low-heated 

 oven, or in the sun, and a few ounces of it put into a pot, 

 with a quart of water, and boiled down to a pint. A tum- 

 blerful is poured over the feed once a day, or at night only. 



We do not doubt the efficacy of this as a conditioner and 

 appetizer of the horse, as the willow or osier contains a 

 principle similar in some respects to the valuable and costly 

 quinine. 

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