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and cork it closely. It is now ready for use when wanted. 

 The same lime may be used repeatedly, by pouring fresh 

 water, as the other is taken out. This water is what the 

 lime liniment is partly composed of. 



Tae- WATER. — {Bishop Bet'keley's Receipt.) Pour a 

 gallon of cold water on a quart of liquid tar ; stir, miji 

 and work them together thoroughly, with a wooden ladlcj 

 or flat stick, for five or six minutes. Then let the vessel 

 stand, closely covered, for three days and nights. Care- 

 fully skim the surface, without moving the vessel, poui 

 off the clear solution, and keep it in bottles well corked 

 for use. This is a useful medicine for man and horse in 

 chest diseases, and it would be well worthy of a trial in 

 chronic cough in the horse. 



MEDICINES TO BE KEPT OX HAND. 



The following medicines should be kept in every farm- 

 house, where there are horses and cows. If the farmer 

 should not think it of sufficient importance, he should at 

 least ascertain what is kept in the village, or country store, 

 so that he may know exactly where to get what he may at 

 any moment stand in need of, for his horse or cow, in case 

 of accident or sickness. Medicines should be kept in 

 bottles ; some in wide, and others in narrow-mouthed ones. 

 A plain label should be affixed to every bottle, and on 

 those known to be poisonous, a dark-colored label should 

 be used, and marked Poison. This will often prevent 

 mistakes and accident. 



