394 HORSE AILMENTS AND HOW TO DOCTOR THEM. 



be well before applying the above treatment to pack the cavity 

 of the foot with meadow moss every night until you have 

 cooled them off and softened them a little. 



Another remedy is to take finely powdered white vitriol, 

 one part with four parts pine tar; before applying, inspect 

 the frog and remove all decayed parts. Saturate tow or 

 oakum with this mixture and press to the bottom of the cleft 

 of the frog ; repeat about twice a week. 



I will also give two other feasible remedies, vis.: 



Lard, 5 ounces, rosin, 1 ounce, melted together over a slow 

 fire. After taking off and while cooling, stir in 2 ounces fine 

 calamine powder and 1 J ounce turpentine. 



The second remedy is : 



Red precipitate, ... 1 ounce. 



Blue vitriol, .... 1 ounce. 



Burnt alum, \ ounce. 



Powdered white sugar, . . 1 ounce. 



Mix, and apply daily to the affected frog. 



TUMORS. 



Horse flesh is heir to several kinds of tumors, or lumps 

 under the skin, most of which are slightly movable. Some 

 kinds grow to an enormous size ; and some are hard or gristly 

 all through, — others only part of the way, and the center filled 

 with a thick fluid ; while others have only a thin wall on the 

 inside filled with fluid. 



Treatment. Either insert a seton on the lower part, or cut 

 open and inject for a few times a teaspoonful of the tincture of 

 iodine, to kill the walls of the cyst. 



TAIL RUBBING, OR RAT TAIL. 

 An intense itching at the root of the tail on the upper side 

 sometimes occurs, causing the horse to rub the part against 

 anything he may find to answer the purpose until the hair is 

 worn off. This itching, when caused by the eruption of the 

 skin at that place, may receive the following : « 



