Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-05-29
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ydIuS. hepedt the ABOVE Two or three times
and the cure will be effected
SwINNEY IN HoRsEs.-Jno. White in
the Southern Cutivator.' gives the follow
ing plan Of curing horses of the swim
ney:
l take about quart of water, boil it,
and add salt as long as it will dissolve any:
then take peace Of blanket aud dip it in
the water while hot, battle the horses
shoulder we'll for nine mornings in success
sion; miss few mornings; if the cure is
not effected, battle again for nine days. |
have cured great many horses in this way.
Autobiography common salt (alum salt
would be preferably to the part affected,
and rub up and down the shoulder with
brick as hard as the horse can bear it.
WOUNDS, Sores, &C, IN lIoRsEs.-The
simplest and most efficient cure for wounds,
sores, &c, of horses, is the following recipe,
which has been used for several ears, with
great success by some of the best farmers
of my acquaintance. Take two ounces Of
gum turpenIine eight ounces lard, two
ounces Of gold leaf tobacco Two table
spoonsful of spirits of turpentlne; mix well,
and stew over a moderate fire; when cool,
it will be fit for use.
am no farmer, but have had many
horses that were cursed with sore backs to
deal with, and in no instance where have
tried the above, have | failed to effect a
cure.
BONE SpAvIN--I think have cured one
hundred horses of the bone SPAWN, by taxi
ing sharp knife and cutting across on the
the enlarged part. then take piece of
iron made nearly in the shape Of an inch
chsel 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 turpententine or
tar until The place heals, which takes a
month or more.
The remedy is severe one, but better
use it than have lame horse.
GALL FROM HARNESS OR SADDLE.-'A
Volunteer tells the New England Farmer
that the following remedy was found to be
invaluable in the iatiguing marches in Mex
leo
White lead, finely puIverisel, is the most
effective application, rubbed on dry, or made
into past, with milk, and applied a few
times-it will also prevent white hairs
growing on CALLED places.
To CURE FLOATING OR HcvEN IN CAT
TLE.-A table spoonful of spirits of harts-
horn, for an OK or COW, or teaspoonful 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.
HEAvEs IN HoRsEs-John Davis, in
the last Boston Cultlvator. gives the follow
ing recipe for the cure of the disease
Take tub, put three pals of water,
add fresh lime the size of an egg, add
moaSses to give more paIatabe taste, and
place it in the stall, so that the horse Can
have free access to it. After he becomes
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 allow no other drink
After he drinks freely, 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
ANorHER.-To three quarts of sweet
milk add a teaspoonful of sulphuric acid
(oll of vitriol) and mix with the horse s
feed. Give at first three times week, and
afterwards once or twice, as there may
may seem occasion, or few weeks longer.
SORE TEATs IN Cows.-P. HaIlock gives
the following directions for the manage
ment of COWS that have sore teatS:
Take full pail of cold water and wash
and rub the sores well. Use the whole pal
full of water before milking, which cool:
the tcats, or reduces the fever, and the COW
will stand perfectly still. After milking
use half as much more cold water, cleans
ing the bags aud teats we'll, and in lev
days the sores will be healed. That is no
all the good you will receive. You will have
clean milk, aud that is The way to have clear
butter.
DISORDERS IN Cows.-Col. j. Brown, o
birmingham, gives the editor of the Mas
sacusetts Plowman an answer to an lnqur,
concerning The cause of the itch or seal
that seems to be contagious when it attack
a stock Of cattle. lie says hogs lard, rub
bed On the part affected, will cure this com
plant efeclualIy. lie has himselftricd thl
on his own stock, and found it TO be tn
very article to effect a ready cure.
LICE ON CATTLE.-Mr. Linley, in tn
f Genesee Farmer, says that the most efiec
e tual remedy which he has lound, on repeat
| ed trials, is to sprinkle sand copiously owe
every part of the bodies of his calves-t
. be repeated once week. The experiment
was suggested by the remark, that bulls
which dust themselves by paving, are neve
lousy,