Oct, 1, 1899.] 
Supplement to the " Tropical Agriculturist.'^ 
295 
removing tlie hair around the " bosses " where 
the horns would be produced, then damp lightly 
■with water, and rub only on the bosses with luaar 
caustic until the skiu appears inflamed — about 
two or three minutes. The third poiat is to 
remember that a tablespoonful of carbonate of 
soda in a winebottle of water, if administered 
to an animal which has eaten grain, lucerne, 
clover, or other food causing it to be " blown " 
(otherwise called " lympauitis," or " hoveu,"' or 
"blast") will at once remedy the eyil. Lastly, 
when a cow is attacked with "milk fever" 
after calving, the best remedy is to give her 
at intervals of three hours two dose? of brandy 
and water — about half-a-bottle at each time — 
and keep the bowels open. 
A writer in an American sporting journal 
gives the following rule to estimate the height 
a colt will grow to : — Take a colt at any time 
between six weeks old and one year ; stand him 
on a level surface, so that he will stand naturally, 
then measure the distance from the hair of the 
hoof to his knee-joint, and for every inch, or 
fraction thereof, he will be hand? high whe n 
mitured, IE he measure? 15 inches he will grow 
to be 15 hand? high ; if 15i- inche? he will 
be log hau ls liigli ; and so oti. 
The remedy for soft butter is as economical 
as simple. Purchase an 8 or 10 inch common, 
uriglazed fl)werpot. Wash thoi'oughly in clear 
water, the-i let it stand for an hour submerged 
in as cold well-water as can be procured. When 
saturatevl, drain a few minutes by turning the pot 
upside down. Prepare your bntter on a plate 
a few hours before meal-time. Pit a oork into 
the hole in bottom of the pot to exclude all 
hot air. 
Try this remedy for warts: Saturate the warts 
every few days wifh pure castor oil and they 
will disappear, leaving the surface as smooth 
as tliough they were never there. We have known 
of several cases where warts were removed 
from the nose of colts by simply rubbing them 
with lard occasionally. 
