THRUSH. 



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If expense lie an dlijci-t, llie iodolorni m:iy be omitted from the 

 two foregoing; preparntiiins. 

 (7) Common salt, 1 part. 



Stockholm tar or tallow, (i parts. 



Fig. 49. — Healthy foot. 



Burnt alum is preferable to all other agents, small lumjis of 

 which place in the cleft of the frog and ram them down with the 

 back of a hoof-picker. Treat any cracks in the same way there may 

 be in the frog. If the horse has to be kept .it work, fill up the 



I" 'g- 5^- — Searcher. 



cleft of the frog and cracks with cotton-wool or tow, over which 

 smear Stockholm tar, so as to keep out dirt and wet. The 

 application, whichever one is used, should be renewed every, or 

 eyerj second, day. Above all things, obtain pres.sure on the frog 

 and keep the feet dry. The application of a little turpentine 

 undiluted or mixed with an equal quantity of sweet oil, dropped 

 into the cleft of the frog, from time to time, is very effective for 

 hardening the frogs and stopping thrush. If turpentine be 



