Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1849-11-30
THE FARMER.
Diseases of stock.


The following summary, from the
American Agriculturist, will be found in
teres,ng and valuable TO our farming
friends h
To cure a StiAed Horse IN t,oo hours.
Take one gallon of urine, and put
therein a small handful of junk tobacco;
boil down to one quart; then add two
ounces of oil Of spike, one ounce of oil
, of amber, two spoonfuls of spirits of tur-
pentine, and two spooniuls of honey
Put it in jug and cork it tight for use.
Process of application: rub the sliae
bone hard with the mixture fifteen or
twenty minutes; then dry it in thorough
Iy with red hot fire Shovel; then ride
The horse forth and back one hundred
yards. Repeat the above two or three
times, and the cure will be effected.
.Swinney in Horses.-John White. in
the Southern Cullivator, gives the follow
ing plan OF curing horses Of the swim
ney: rr.. ...tr.... ..esf. ..rg az
! take about quart of water, boil il
and add salt as long as it will dissolve
any; then take piece of blanket and
| dip il in the water while hot, balhe the
horses shoulder well for nine mornings
| in succession, miss few mornings; if
the cure is not effected, battle again for
nine days, | have cured great many
horses in this way. Ano,her-Apply
common salt (alum salt would be prefer
ablc) to the part affected, and rub up and
down the shoulder with brick, as hard
as the horse can bear it. .
POUNDS, Sores, &C., IN horses. -The
simplest and most efficient cure for
wounds, sores, &C., in horses, is the fol-
lowing recipe, which has been used for
several years, with great success, by
some OF the best farmers of my acquain-
lance: take two ounces of gum lurpen-
tine; eight ounces of lard; two ounces
OF good leaf tobacco; two tablespoonful
OF spirits OF turpentine; mix well, and
stew over moderate fire; when cool, it
will be fit for use.
/ am no farmer, but have had many
horses that were annoyed with sore backs
to deal with, and in no instance where |
have tried the above; have / failed to ef-
| feet cure.
Bone Sparin.-I think have cured
one hundred horses of the bone SPAWN,
by taking sharp knife and cutting a
cross on the enlarged part. then take
piece Of iron made nearly in the shape
of an inch chisel, and heat it red hot,
and burn in the cuts made with the knife
until | think have burned through the
enlarged bone. then apply spirits of
turpentine or tar until the place heals,
which takes month or more. The
remedy is severe one, but better use it
than have lame horse.
Calls from Harness or Saddle.--'A
Volunteer" tells the New England Far
mer that the following remedy was found
to be invaluable in the fatiguing marches
in Mexico. .-.a"
White lead, finely pulverized, is the
most effective application. Rubbed on
dry, or made into paste, with milk, and
applied a few times, it will also prevent
white hairs growing on CALLED places.
TO cure BlOating or Houen in Cattle.
A tablespoonful Of spirits of hartshorn,
| for an OK or COW, or tea-spoonful for a
sheep, will afford instantaneous relief
1t should be diluted with water or milk.
1t acts by decomposing the gas generated
in the stomach, and which is the cause
of the disease.
| HeaUes IN HOrscs.-John Davis, in
the Boston Cultivator, gives the follow.
ing recipe for the cure of this disease:
Take tub, put three pals of wafer,
add fresh lime the size Of an egg, add
molasses TO give more pala!able taste,
and place it in the stall, SD that the horse
can have free access to it. After he be-
comes accustomed to this drink, add
half as much more lime, and renew, so
as to keep it of the same strength. The
horse may be worked as usual, only al
low no other drink. After he drinks free
ly, bleed by taking two quarts from the
breast; in two or three weeks two quarts
more. If the above is carried out, my
word for it. your horse will have relief.
Anofher.-To three quarts of sweet
milk add tea spoonful of sulphuric ac-
id Toll of vitrioD and mix with the hor-
ses' feed. Give at first three times a
week, and afterwards once or twice, as
there may seem occasion, for a few weeks
longer.
Sore Ieafs in Coics.-P. Hallock
gives the following directions for the
management of cows that have sore teats:
Take a full pail of cold water, and
wash and rub the sores well. Use the
whole pail full Of water before milking,
which cools the teats, or reduces the fe-
yer, and the cow will stand perfectly still.
After milking, use half as much more
cold water, cleansing The bag and will
be healed. This is not all the good you
will receive. You will have clean milk,
and that is the way to make clean but
ter.
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