The dose is 1 table spoonful night and morning, with bran mash or oats, which can be increased or diminished to suit the case. By leaving out tobacco it will make an excellent powder for cows, hogs, sheep, &c.
TO CURE GALDS ON HORSES.
Take dry white lead and sprinkle it on the gald twice a day, which will dry it up and cure it in a short time.
ARABIAN OIL FOR HORSES.
This oil is an excellent mixture for sprains, swellings, galds, &c. either for a human subject or a horse. Take
- 1 quart of linseed oil,
- 1 pint of turpentine,
- 4 ounces oil of origanum
- 6 “ oil of spike,
- 6 “ spirits of camphor,
- 1 “ oil of sassafras.
Mix and shake well before using, and keep the vessel that contains it well corked. The spirits of camphor is made by taking 95 per cent. alcohol, adding as much gum camphor as it will dissolve.
FOR THE BOTS.
Dissolve in a pint of milk warm water ¼ lb. of alum and give it as a drench; in ten minutes after give 1 pint of linseed oil.