196 HOW TO EDUCATE HORSES. 



let it stay on the animal two weeks, then wash well 

 with Castile soap and warm water. 



WORMS. 



Cowhage, one-half drachm; tin filings (very fine), 

 four drachms; make it into four or six balls, according 

 to size of dog; one daily, and a few hours afterwards 

 a purge of salts or aloes. Another remedy: Powdered 

 glass, as much as will lie on a quarter of a dollar, 

 mixed with lard. Repeat once or twice, alternate 

 days; finish off with one or two drachms of socotrine 

 aloes rolled up in tissue paper. 



TO MAKE A DOG FINE IN HIS COAT. 



A tablespoonful of tar and oatmeal; make bolus. 



TO DESTROY LICE. 



Sometimes the recipe for fleas will prove efficacious, 

 yet not always; but a small quantity of mercurial 

 ointment, reduced by adding hog's lard to it, say an 

 equal quantity, rubbed along the back never fails; but 

 the greater care must be taken to keep the animal 

 warm and dry. 



DISTEMPER. 



Distemper is caused by low keep, neglect and change 

 of atmosphere. Symptoms of this disease are as fol- 

 lows: Loss of spirit, activity and appetite; drowsiness, 

 dullness of the eyes, lying at length with nose to the 

 ground, coldness of extremities, legs, ears and lips; 

 heat in head and body, running at the nose and eyes, 

 accompanied by sneezing, emaciation, and weakness; 

 dragging of hind quarters, flanks drawn in, diarrhoea, 

 and sometimes vomiting. There are several recipes 

 for this the worst of all diseases. One is better than 



