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something similar which Is confined to the let
locks of the front feet
The eruption is accompanied by intense in
hammation.
have poulticed them and the skin peals off
soon after. Let him remain still and they heal
him. r.. II.
Hinesburgh, Vt.
Answer-1he trouble is an acute innam-
nation of the skin and has tendency to
spread.
Give your horse a good brisk purgative
ball of Barbados aloes, and keep his bowels
lose by laxative diet Give two tablespoons
ful of Fower's solution of arsenic in his
drinking water once a day.
Battle the parts twice daily in moderately
warm water and apply liberal amount of
a solution made by one ounce of sugar lead,
one-half ounce sulphate of zinc and II bel
ladonna each to the pint of water. Apply
with the hand or a soft sponge keeping
the patient in stable till fully recovered.
SHOE Boil AND BONE SpAvGN.-lst. VIII
you through your valuable paper inform me
| now to properly treat shOc-builS on horses. |
| have good horse which has one upon the right
| elbow. Ii started about three weeks ago and
| does not get any smaller.
ID also have a horse with bone SPAWN of
| the hook which has been lame about six weeks.
| Can cure him, and how. w. G. T.
| NillistOn, Vt.
Answer-1st shoe boils are the results of
! NATURALIZATION Ill II IldII bl Ine ilOuN WHICH
contains great abundance of cellular it's
sue and should be treated as local infamma-
ton of any other part OF the body, i. e.. by
| hot baths and some anodyne liniment.
/ Should the tumor become hard and painful
it had better be lanced in n couple of places
! in the most dependent part continuing the
| hot Concentration as before. If an nduration
remain it should he bistered and ii possible
| removed IN that way If not resort must be
had to removal by the knife and treating as
| common wound. 1t is needless to add that
the cause OF the primary trouble must be
removed before any treatment be adopted
Id would advise the removal of the
shoes at once, giving the patient a good
loose box with a ground floor, if possible,
| and blistering the enlargement with bini-
iodide of mercury, one dram to the OF. of
vasene, repeating it as soon as the healing
of the skin will allow. If at the end Of three
applications of the b lister no satisfactory i'm
provement be seen in the lameness you had
better have a qualified practitioner fire and
reblister the enlargement. The patient
should have at least three or four months
| rest
Specific OPTHAIMIA-I own a mare of good
breeding and would like to breed her. She has
lost the sight Of one eye completely and can
only see very imperfectly with the other. She
She was f0aied. Tbry seemed worse at some
times than otLcrs. Her ewes have a blush white
appearance.
QUO $9u KITES nrfranG nef' peCauIe
wavy j. X, ID.
Colchester. VT,
Answer-No. The peculiar form of blind
ness from which she suffers is strongly he
reditary and would in all probability attack
her offspring and prove complete failure.
HoARNG-My -ycar-old colt has just re-
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n9"l 'oSIR hhh hihdIE aidNlsG me as Il
vtI5roid, lie is becoming cor,tracttd in tb,
front feet but is not lame, never has been and
cannot congelI i've, a cause a. ne Always haS mac
rH,,nnt datcct any lever in IGa tc.t ,ui',,'i,r
Ncrgcnncs, VI. +. l.. ID.
Answer. Remove his Shoes, place in good
roomy box stall ON the ground if po,sibl,
and blister the coroncts of both feet at inter
val, of one month with the blister lneutiouer
TO w. c. in this issue.
Give a laxative diet. as bran mash anC
roots with little or no grain. You had bet
ter give him six months rest IN the box OF
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