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neels first. Press around the feet with a pincers or your 
hands and the animal will flinch. After a time, from trying 
to favor his feet, the niuscles of the chest will gradually waste 
away and leave it hollow. This must not mislead you and 
make you think there is anything wrong with the chest. 
When the chest falls away some call it chest founder, but 
this is a mistaken idea. There is no such thing as chest 
founder, the whole trouble arising in the feet. 
Treatment. — Treatment is not very satisfactory in some 
cases. If a valuable animal, soak the feet well in warm water 
and salt. Use a tub containing six or eight inches of water; 
leave the feet in the water two or three hours at a time, twice 
a day ; every night put on a hot poultice of half linseed and 
bran and leave it on all night. After the soreness is pretty 
well out, blister around the top of the hoof with the follow- 
ing: 
Pulverized Caiitharides or Spanish Fly 2 drams. 
Vaseline or Lard 1 ounce. 
Mix and apply all of it around the tops of both front feet 
and turn the horse out to pasture for a long time. Grease 
and blister the third day. After the horse is all right and he 
is brought in to work again let him stand on a ground floor, 
for an animal once affected with this disease is more liable to 
be affected again. Be careful in shoeing; we recommend the 
bar shoe. If necessary to keep him shod, and he is not of 
much value, keep him on a ground floor and pack the feet 
every night with cow manure, blue clay, or anything that will 
keep the moisture in the foot. Even in very bad cases, 
blistering and turning out to pasture for a while will help it. 
3. Club (Pumiced) Foot. 
Causes. — This is the result of the foot bone becoming 
separated from the inside of the walls and dropping down 
upon the sole and frog. It is generally the result of a 
neglected case of acute founder. A horse thus affected is 
rendered practically useless for road work, but may be fixed 
up sufficiently well to do slow work on the farm. 
Treatment. — Blister around the tops of the hoofs, as in a 
case of chronic founder, turn him out to pasture and shoe 
with a heavy shoe well corked up and well bevelled out so 
that the weight does not fall upon the sole. Try to have the 
weight thrown entirely upon the wall and have the shoes set 
regularly once a month. 
