The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-06-12
USEFUL INFORMATION.

Remoual Of Warts.-A correspondent of the
Therapeutic Gazette announces through its COL
umns the virtues of castor oil in the removal of
warts. Constantly applied for from two to four
or six weeks each day-that' is, once day-it
has not failed in my hands, says the writer, in
any case of any size or long standing The time
it takes may try the patience of the user, but if
faithfully used they will get their reward in the
removal of the wart without leaving any scar.
have used it with some success in other grow ths
and had benefit enough to merit further trial 1t
might, he adds, be success in the removal of
certain kinds of cancer, especially scirrhus forms.
An Exploded Theoyy.-The' Turf, Field and
Farm says: at is a mistaken idea that q mare
once bred to jack will ever after show in her pro-
duce some of the characteristics of the mule Rose
dale, the dam Of Glendale, 22O1, had two mule foas
and the colts which she has since dropped at jew
EFT Stock Farm by Rochester Coronet and Jerome
Eddy, possess quality without single hybrid
faint. Queen Gufin produced to the cover of
jack five or six mules and she has thrown to
Wilson's Blue Bull, Iona Gufin, 1921, and Otto
X, 2:244. There are plenty of other instances of
mares throwing speedy and valuable horses after
having been mated with the ass. The theory that
the jack leaves an impression upon the mare
which cannot be destroyed and which taints her
later produce will not hold water"
Hoo to Disappoint a Baby Horse.-An ex-
change tells how farmer cured his horse of o
balky freak by gentle means: "He drove him,
attached to rack wagon, to the wood lot for a
small load of wood. The animal would not pull
pound. He did not beat him, but tied him to
a tree and "let him stand" He went to the lot
at sunset and asked him to draw, but lie would
not straighten tug. ~ made up my mind"
said the farmer, "when that horse went to the
barn, he would take that load of wood. 1 went
to the barn, got blankets, and covered the horse
warm, and he stood until morning. Then he
fused to draw. At noon went down, and he was
probably hungry and lonesome. He drew that
load of wood the FIRST time 1 asked him. I re-
turned, got another load before L fed him. l then
rewarded him with good dinner, which he eager
ly devoured. / have drawn several loads since.
Once he refused to draw; but soon as he saw me
start for the house, he started after me with the
load. A horse becomes lonesome and dsconten-
ted when left alone, as much so as person, and
claim this method, if rightly used, is better for
both horse and man than to beat the animal with
q club"
Rasping and Greasing Horses Hoofs.-The
horse is one of the most superbly perfect of Ma
lures works, viewed physically; and he occupies
besides an exalted position among animals as to
his intelligent and moral qualities. 1t is there
fore most painful to see how, under the handling
of intelligent (?) man, he is maltreated and even
abused. He submits his neck to the yoke uncom-
plainingly; he accepts the iron plating of his
feet; and he allows the CALLING check upon the
movement of his head, and yet gives his best SER
vice even to the DEATH. The ignorant smith has
his views as to what should be the shape of his
feet; he cuts and rasps, and forms them to
suit himself. He has an idea that the hoof is
made on purpose for him to rasp and shoe, and
exercise all the tools of his trade upon. So he
makes a shoe and fits the hoof to it he removes
the natural polished exterior which by its tough
elasticity defends the tender parts from injury is
nearly impervious to water and permits little
evaporation of internal moisture, by which it is
kept normally pliable and vitalized to the very
surface. He rounds and smooths off the new sur |
face leaves it in condition to allow the moisture
of the hoof to pass off rapidly, and the hoof to
dry and crack, and thus he recommends the ap-
plication of tar and grease and lamp black, if
he were trying to render an old boot pliable and |
presentable. The greasing may beWeh enough |
better than nothing-aftef the mischief is done. |
But why do sensible horse owners allow the evil |
which their persmptory orders, if not their mere |
remonstances, would prevent?