Extract of butternut, (_juglans cinerea_,) half an ounce.
Cream of tartar, 1 tea-spoonful.
Boiling water, 2 quarts.
Mix. When cool, administer.
_Another._
Extract of blackroot, (_leptandra
virginica_,) half an ounce.
Rochelle salts, 1 ounce.
Powdered ginger, 1/2 tea-spoonful.
Dissolve in two quarts of warm water.
_Another._
Powdered mandrake, 1 table-spoonful.
Cream of tartar, 1 tea-spoonful.
Hot water, 2 quarts.
Here are three different forms of physic for cattle, which do not
debilitate the system, like aloes and salts, because they determine to
the surface as well as the bowels. They may be given in all cases where
purges are necessary. One third of the above forms will suffice for
sheep.