- ½ pound gentian root,
- ½ “ flour of brimstone,
- ½ “ fenugreek,
- ½ “ rosin,
- ½ “ copperas,
- ¼ “ cream of tartar,
- ½ “ epsom salts,
- ½ “ juniper berries,
- ½ “ spice berries,
- ¼ “ salts nitre,
- ½ “ ginger,
- ¼ “ caraway seed,
- ¼ “ aniseed,
- 2 oz. antimony,
- 2 oz. columbo,
- 1 oz. gum asafœtida,
- 2 oz. alum,
Pulverize these articles fine and mix well, and it is ready for use. Any of the above articles can be had at any Drug Store.
Directions for Use:—Dose for a full grown animal, one tablespoonful once or twice a day, as the case may require.
This powder cannot be excelled, it is an excellent medicine for all derangements of the system, it is perfectly harmless, and should be fed sometime in all chronic and lingering diseases, or at least until entirely relieved, and the system put in perfect health. No animal can thrive unless in health. Therefore every farmer should adopt the rule to feed all his stock, and especially those which he wishes to fatten with some of these powders; by so doing you will save feed and time. In fattening, feed on offal.
Directions:—For a full grown sheep, dose, 1 teaspoonful once or twice a day, as the necessity of the case may require. Feed on offal.
INDEX TO DISEASES OF HORSES.
- Bots or Grubs, Page. [25-26]
- Brood Mares, [57]
- Chest Founder, [39]
- Chronic Cough, [45]
- Ears, [30]
- Enlargement of the Hock, [48]
- Epidemics, [44]
- Eyes, [29]
- Flatulent Colic, [9] [10] [11]
- Founder Acute, [52] [53] [54]
- Grease, [50] [51]
- Inflammation, [40] [41] [42]
- —— Bladder, [15] [16]
- —— Bowels, [22] [23] [24]
- —— Feet, [52] [53] [54]
- —— Kidneys, [17]
- —— Larynx, [43] [44]
- —— Lungs, [18] [19] [20] [21]
- Injury of the Eyes, [34]
- Lampass, [35]
- Membranes of the Nose, [27] [28]
- Physicing, [47]
- Poll Evil, [5] [6] [7] [8]
- Process of Teething, [36] [37] [38]
- Rabies or Madness, [33]
- Restiveness or taming Horses, [55] [56]
- Spasmodic Colic, [12] [13] [14]
- Sprain of Back Sinews, [48]
- —— of Coffin Joint, [49]
- Staggers, [31] [32]
- Thick or Broken Wind, [46]
- Warts, [58]