Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-02-18
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From the American Stock Journal.
Inquiries and Answers.


SCRATCHES IN lloRSES.--What will cure
it, V. N. ANs.-To cure scratches in hor-
ses, wash with strong soap suds, then with
strong copperas water. Repeat twice
day until a cure is effected.
SHOULDER SpRAIN.--How can il be cur
cd, NJ. Il. ANS. One Of the most important
clements in the treatment of shoulder sprain
is rest. Time must be given for the in
iured parts to repair themselves, and this
is best effected by diminishing their move
ments as much as possible. A horse which
is sprained, then, should neither be turned
out to pasture nor exercised.
When there is swelling of The strained
parts hot lamentations should be applied
for couple of hours for several days in
succession, and afterwards the parts should
be rubbed with some mildly stimulating
lniment, such as soap linimcnt or camp
horated spirit.
FoUNDERED HoRsEs.-What will cure
them, q. n. ANs.-A certain cure for
founder in horse is to stand him IN water
up to his belly. l have known it peacticed
Tor fifty years and swathing the legs in
hot water, vinegar and sugar of lead, arc
all good to some extent but q founder
must be relieved suddenly, or the horse
will show stiffness in his action and have
deformed and callous tender hoofs. Water
applied to the legs do not consider posi-
tive cure, the disease must be attacked at
the root, by bleeding and purgng few
drops of blood taken from below the fet
locks will hasten his recovery.
KICKING IN TIE STADLE.-What will
prevent it, L. V. ANs.-This is u bad
trick, for it not only keeps them from their
rest, but dsturbs other horses. Yet it is
no serious objection collar shank log,
buckled with small strap in the hollow of
the pastern, usually stops them if not,
put on strap and chain of twelve or four
teen inches long. This rarely fails.
SwEENY IN HoRsEs.-Is there any cure
for it, l. S. a. ANs.--Daily applications of
part of the following stimulating liniment,
will probably prove of service: Take Of
soft soap, five ounces oil origanum, two
ounces water of ammonia, four ounces
soft water, two pnts. Mix the soft soap,
ammonia and oil of origanum together in
amortar, and then add the water. Macerate
for fourteen days, and pour off the clear
liniment. 1t should be applied to the part
with friction. 1t must be perseyeringly
employed for length Of time, and is usu-
ally attended with ben elicial effect.
TAPE WoRM.-Do hcrses have tape
worms, if so, what will remove them. n.
with tape worms, but when tape worm is
passed by any animal, the parasite should
be examined to see whether the head is
not passed the parasite will grow again.
Iron filings are sometimes given in cases
where the tape worm is present. Three
ounces of iron filings, and sufficient guam
tity of treacle and liquoricc root (powdered)
may be made into six balls, one Of which
should be given each day and then dose
of purgative medicine should be given.
BAULKY HORSES. hat viii cure them
V. d. Il. ANs.-To cure q bauliy horse,
take him from the carriage and whirl him
rapidly round till he is giddy. 1t requires
two men to accomplish this, one at the
horses tail. Don't let the horse step out,
but hold him 10 the smallest possible circle.
One dose will often cure him two doses
are final with the worst horse that ever re-
fused TO stir.
a BRUIsE OR BLOW ON HORSES
shall be done, j. s. r. ANs.-Apply hot
water a long time with wot cloths. Beef
brine is an eXceelont lotion for both sprains
and bruises. A veteran among horses,
claims that it will almost set a joint or heal
n fracture. Wormwood or tansey lotions
are also good.
SPAWN IN HORSES. and
counter-irritation are the great essentials
in the treatment Of SPAWN. Rest, by di-
minishing the movement of the joint, re-
duces the stress and concussion which it
undergoes to minimum. The counterr-
ritation may be applied in the form of q
blister which should be limited to,the inner
surface of the hook joint. Repeating the
blister is advisable when much improve
ment does not result from the first one
ordinary cantharidnc blister is efficient in
such cases. In bad cases, especially when
there is reason to think that liberation of
the joint surfaces exist, the firing iron is
one of the best remedies that can be applied.
Another mode of treatment is to pass a
seton over the SPAWN. This is little more
difficult than the application of the firing
iron, but it is sometimes very successful.
The hook should be blistered after the re-
moyal Of the seton.