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be used: i pound chloride of lime to 12 quarts of 

 water; i pound of pure carbolic acid to 4 gallons 

 of water; a solution of creolin; a coal-tar disin- 

 fectant of the same strength; or any good sheep 

 dip containing these substances in the proper 

 amounts. 



FOUNDER. — An inflammation of the sensitive 

 or soft structures between the hoof and bones of the 

 foot. The popular belief that founder is to any 

 extent in the legs and chest is probably an error. 

 The disease is in the feet, and those symptoms 

 which make it appear as a stififness in the legs and 

 shoulder are but the natural results of soreness in 

 the feet. The same statement might be made re- 

 garding those cases which are popularly described 

 as " stove up in the shoulder." Instead of the 

 soreness being in the shoulder in these cases, it is 

 generally in the feet, or at least below the knee. 



It is somewhat difficult to explain how those 

 influences or causes which are known to produce 

 founder bring about that condition, but observa- 

 tion shows clearly that an irritation of the diges- 

 tive tract, or in fact, any extensive irritation of any 

 mucous surface, may produce an inflammation of 

 the sensitive laminae of the feet; that is, founder. 

 Therefore founder may be produced by a change 

 of feed or excessive feeding, a change of work or 

 excessive work which results in exhaustion, large 

 quantities of feed or water when warm or fatigued, 

 sudden changes of temperature such as cooling too 

 fast when sweating, and a long drive on hard roads, 

 especially without shoes. Excessive purging or 

 diarrhoea may also produce it. Founder also occa- 

 sionally results from irritation of foaling, but this 

 is not common. 



