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thoroughly mixed, and then the bottle 

 filled up with dop, whisky, or olher spirit, 

 again well shaken, and carefully bottled 

 down the animal by the mouth. This 

 usually gives relief, but if it does not 

 within an hour, a third of a bottle of 

 whif-ky, dop, or other spirit filled up 

 with warm water may be administered, 

 or if kept in the house, 2 ounces of 

 chlorodyne may be given diluted in a 

 bottle of cold water. Should there be 

 no raw linseed oil in the house it will be 

 found that turpentine mixes well with 

 milk, and alihough this is not so good, 

 as the oil has a laxative effect on the 

 bowel which the milk has not, it is a 

 means of administering the turpentine 

 which will not mix with water. 



Linseed Oil.— As will have been already 

 seen under "Turpentine," linseed oil is 

 of very great service and general u s e, but 

 when using this for animals care must be 

 taken that it is the raw oil which is used 

 and not the " boiled " oil which is used 

 for paints and varnishes, as this in its 

 preparation has lost its active principle 

 and is apt to produce the opposite 

 effect to that expected. Linseed oil has 

 many uses ; in small doses it is very good 

 feeding. Like cod-liver oil, butter, lard, 

 and fats of all sorts, it can be used as a 

 vehicle for the administration of the 

 more potent drugs, and in large doses is 

 a very valuable purgative that can be 

 depended on and has hot the violent pro- 

 perties of croton oil and other drastic 

 purges which often gripe, and unless 

 given with some carminative or other 

 cause colicky pains and much distress. 

 For delicate and light fleshed animals 1 

 ounce in a bran mash twice a day will 

 often work wonders and bring them into 

 a sleek and healthy condition which is 

 often peimanent. Butit is as a purgative 

 that it is so valuable in this country 

 where aloes is so of ten unreliable. One 

 pint usually ensures profuse purgation 

 in horses. For cattle epsom salts are 

 better, but if these are not available 

 two pints of oil may be given, shaken up 

 with the same quantity of treacle, gruel, 

 milk, or spirits and water, but there is 

 no doubb that epsom salts is the very 

 best purgative for cattle, and ought to 



be a household remedy on every farm if 

 already not so. Although castor oil is 

 better for calves, sheep, and pigs, linseed 

 oil can be given in the following doses : — 

 Calves from 4 to 10 ounces, according to 

 age ; sheep and pigs 6 to 10 ounces ; dogs 

 may be given 1 to 2 ounces, according to 

 size. 



Castor Oil has very much the same 

 action as raw linseed oil, but for calves, 

 sheep, and pig9 is preferable. Both foals 

 and calves soon after birth often ex- 

 perience difficulty in passing anything. 

 There is no drug which has a better 

 effect than castor oil, and if enemas of 

 warm soap and water are given the 

 little animal will receive relief in a very 

 short time. Sheep and pigs can be given 

 2 to 4 ounces, according to age and size. 



Salad Oil and Sweet Oil.— Should there 

 be no linseed or castor oil in the house, 

 either of the above may be used and 

 will be found a fair substitute. 



Lard may be used as a substitute for 

 lanoline, vaseline, etc., in making oint- 

 ments 9uch as sulphur ointment, zinc 

 ointment, and tar ointment. 



Paraffin is found in every homestead 

 which is probably the reason it is more 

 used than any other remedy; and although 

 all sorts of virtues are claimed for it its 

 medicinal properties are not very mark- 

 ed, and it is very questionable whether 

 it is of much assistance in combating the 

 numerous diseases and conditions to 

 which it is applied, and as it has an irri- 

 tant effect on the digestive tract it should 

 not be given to horses or cattle in larger 

 doses than 1 ounce. Externally, however, 

 it can be used with advantage to cure 

 mange in horses and cattle and to kill 

 lice, a convenient mixture being made 

 as follows :— Rub up some soap in hot 

 water until it is all dissolved, then stir 

 in an equal quantity of linseed oil, and 

 when this is well mixed add gradually 

 an equal quantity of paraffin (that is 

 equal quantities of paraffin, linseed oil, 

 and soap water). Rub this well into the 

 skin, especially into the mane and tail, 

 on three days in succession. Leave this 

 on for a week, and then wash off with 



