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I have seen six taken from one mare tnat I had
under treatment. Remember, the great princi
ple in Uie treatment of colic, in all its forms, is
to relieve pain. This also holds good in most
diseases of horses. The doctor, if he fail to allay
pain, cannot cure the disease.— JfcClure's I them
es of the American Horse and Cattle and Sheep.
Hide Bound. —This, properly speaking, is not a
disease, but the symptom of a bad condition, “ out
of sorts,” debility, etc.
Treatment. Feed in large bulk, mixed feed —
cut hay, corn meal, and bran in good proportion
—with no more water than will keep the parti
cles together. Give the following powder every
night, for twelve nights: Powdered sulphate of
iron, three drachms; powdered gentian root, four
drachms. Mix. If the animal is fat and yet hide
bound, substitute the following, of the
above recommended : Take sulphuret of anti
mony,'three drachms; sulphur in flour, three
drachms ; sulphite of soda, half an ounce. Mix,
and give in one dose, repeating it every night for
two weeks. If in the winter, use an extra blanket.
If in summer, give cut grass to eat. —/ bid.
Mange, Itch, Psora, or Scabies. —Cause
The result of an insect breeding and burrowing
in the skin, and is called acari, a variety of mite
or animalcule.
Symptoms. At first, a fine crop of pustules, not
at this time always seen, about the head and
neck, and under the mane. By the horse nib
bing himself against whatever he can get at, the
hair falls otF, and exposes an angry and red-col
ored skin, with red points and lines, fissures
wrinkles, or scratches. After this condition, we
luive dryness, scruffiness, baldness, and whitening
of the skin, accompanied with great itchiness.
Treatment. The best plan for curing this dis
ease in horses, is as follows : Take a fine sea
sand, such as is used by stable-men for soouring
steel bits, and rub the affected parts well for a
few minutes. Then wash the parts well with
good soap and water, and a brush, after which
dry them carefully. Then anoint with the fol
low ing ointment: Powdered sulphur, one ounce
hog’s lard, two ounces ; mix. The following is
more cleanly : Liver of sulphur, or hepar of sul
phur, two to three ounces; cold water, one quart;
mix, and make a wash. This plan, with either
of these mixtures properly applied, will not only
kill the insect, but will effect a cure. This dis
ease has baffled many who have attempted its
SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR.
cure without first reaching the insect, by soour
ing him out of his covering, and killing him with
sulphur—a highly destructive article to parasitic
life.
Observe. This disease is contagious. Stall-posts,
mangers, harness, combs, brushes, etc., used
about the horse, should be subjected to great, heat
either by boiling or steaming. Trees, gates, and
rubbing-posts in the field, should be washed with
water, and coated with a mixture of sulphur,
lime and water. — Ibid.
Sanded Mule.—Editors Southern Culti
vator: —I see in the last number of the Culti
vator that W. 11. McCord has lost a valuable
mule from being sanded. The cause of their
eating sand I cannot give, but will give a sure
cure. When the mule is attacked, strap up one
fore-foot, twist nose, grease your arm with lard,
insert up the mule’s rectum —there you will find
the sand as if packed ; draw it out by hand-lull,
until the stomach is clear. Drench with 1 pint
of lard and syrup—no amount of oil will do any
good until the sand has been removed.
Smitliville, Ga. E. N. N.
Sanded Mule, &o. —Editors Southern Cul
tivator: —Mr. W. If. McCord, Conyers, Ga.,
asks for information in reference to sanded
mules. I had charge of a great many mules du
ring the war—say 100 most of the time, and
never lost but two during the whole time. The
only remedy for sand is to give a dose of lard,
and continue injections until the bowels are
moved, and then keep the animal quiet, as it
will work too much, and there will be very high
inflammation.
To distinguish sand from colic:—the symp
toms are the same, excepting one cannot bleed a
sanded mule in the mouth —no blood will conic.
Palatka, Fla., Oct. 1870. A.
Lock-jaw in Uorseh.—Editors Southern
Cultivator : —I send you a recipe for lock-jaw
in horses. To one half-pint of good whiskey,
add one table-spoon full of powdered asafeetida
given at one dose, and if no relief is afforded in
two hours, repeat the dose, and the most obsti
nate case will \it relieved, if not finally cured.
I used this remedy myself last week on a horse
that you could not get the bits between his teeth,
and the first dose cured him.
11. W. YAUGIIN.
Midway, S. C., October 20, 1870.
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