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in a stable and fed heavily on grain, is not so 

 easily cured. 



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Worms are generally found in horses that are 

 in rather poor condition. Nature, always a good 

 doctor, has provided a first-class remedy — green 

 food — and if a horse has a run in a good pasture 

 in summer and is carried through the winter in 

 good shapes he is not likely to be troubled with 

 worms. If it is necessary, however, to give some 

 treatment in the season when green food is not to 

 be had, the following remedies are good: Keep a 

 lump of rock salt always in the manger and sup- 

 plement it for a few days by giving a tablespoon- 

 ful of fine salt night and morning in the feed. 

 This will sometimes effect a complete cure in a 

 short time. 



Sulphur is also a good thing, and a little of it 

 mixed with the feed for a few days often effects a 

 cure. 



Tobacco seems to be a very effective cure, 

 though I generally prefer giving the other reme- 

 dies a trial first. A tablespoonful of either 

 smoking or chewing tobacco, rubbed fine and given 

 in the feed night and morning for a week or two, 

 is about the right dose. For the small, white 



