372 HORSE AILMENTS AND HOW TO DOCTOR THEM. 



HARNESS AND SADDLE GALLS. 



This at first is an inflamed tumor resulting from being 

 bruised on the back, which, if neglected and repeatedly bruised, 

 may develop into a very troublesome sore, and quite difficult to 

 heal. 



Treatment. My own invariable and most successful remedy 

 (after first removing the cause) is to cleanse with castile soap 

 and water, and then apply Dimon's Black Oil with a feather, 

 and continue this at intervals until a cure is effected. 



In the absence of this great remedy the following lotion or 

 ointment may be quite successfully used. 



Lotion : Take the inside bark of white oak boiled in an iron 

 kettle until it is quite black ; when boiling, drop in a piece of 

 alum the size of a hen's egg, and to a gallon of this add a pint 

 of proof alcohol and four ounces each tincture of arnica and 

 camphorated spirits. "When thus prepared, bottle for use, and 

 you will have a good lotion for all galls to which your horses 

 may be liable, and this will be found to be quite handy to keep 

 • — bottled up — in the stables. This makes a cheap and handy 

 lotion, but by no means equal to the Black Oil. Apply with a 

 sponge. 



Ointment : The above-mentioned ointment may be prepared 

 after the following recipe : 



Lard, one pound. 



Spirits turpentine, one pint. 



Oil tar, three tablespoonfuls. 



Oil sassafras, one dessert spoonful. 



This ointment is also good for mange and tail rubbing. 



COLLAR GALLS AND SORE BACKS. 



This is of the same character as the saddle gall, and which, 

 if neglected or badly treated, will leave a scar or lump easily 

 irritated by the collar, and thus be a source of permanent an- 

 noyance. 



Treatment. Use Dimon's Black Oil, applied with a feather, 

 according to the directions with each bottle ; or, in the absence 

 of that, a lotion as follows may be prepared : 



