128 HORSE-BREEDING FOR FARMERS CHAP. 
Ringworm 
Treatment.—Cleanliness. Wash with soap and 
hot water twice a day, and after drying apply an 
ointment made of oil of tar, $ 0z.; glycerine, 1 oz. ; 
spermaceti, I oz. 
Warts 
Treatment.—Where warts are numerous and small 
on young horses they often vanish with as much 
rapidity as they come, but where they are large and 
unsightly they can either be removed by a vet. with 
the knife ; strangled with a ligature of horse-hair or 
whip-cord till they drop off; or burnt down with 
caustic, nitrate of silver, or sulphuric acid and sulphur 
powder mixed together. 
Grease and Humour in the Legs 
Cause—Generally the result of dirty stables and 
neglect of cleanliness. 
Treatment.——Apply as a lotion externally with a 
sponge, sulphate of copper, 2 oz.; burnt alum, 1 oz. ; 
hot water, I pint; dissolve the copper in the hot 
water and when cold add the alum. Give a dose of 
physic and follow with this powder after the physic 
has worked off: nitrate of potash, 4 oz.; sulphur, 
8 oz.; black antimony, 2 0z.; the three ingredients 
to be mixed and one tablespoonful given daily. 
Cracked Heels 
Treatment.—If bad, rest. Wash with soap and 
warm water, dry, and apply as a lotion several times 
