HOOF OINTMENT.
Take 1 pound of tar and 1 pound of tallow, mix them with ½ pound of common turpentine in a stone ware dish; stir them until they are thoroughly mixed together. This is an excellent dressing for sore hoofs, for horses and oxen.
EMBROCATION FOR THE THROAT.
This embrocation may be used without taking the hair off. Take
- 2 ounces spirits of hartshorn,
- 2 “ oil of turpentine,
- 2 “ spirits of camphor,
- 1“ laudanum.
Mix well and put into a bottle; keep it well corked.
TO MAKE ELDER OINTMENT.
Take the green leaves of elder, if they can be had; if not, take of the inside bark any quantity and lard in proportion to the elder, then fry to a crisp, which will be found very efficacious in healing sores, scalds, burns, sprains, or any humorous swelling. The elder alone fried in the same manner and strained, makes a much better ointment. This is worth making and keeping on hand, as its cost is a mere trifle.