LIVE STOCK DEPARTMENT.
Each and Every Recipe in This Department Has Been Tested by the Most
Eminent Veterinary Surgeons in the United States, and Pronounced by
Them as the Best.
WOUNDS AND CUTS.--Take four ounces Lard, Beeswax four ounces, Resin
three ounces, Vaseline four to six ounces. Melt these together and add
Carbolic Acid half ounce. This is excellent.
COLIC.--Gum Camphor one ounce, Cayenne one ounce, Gum Myrrh one ounce,
powdered Gum Quaial one ounce, Sassafras Bark one ounce, Spirits of
Turpentine one ounce, Oil of Origanum one-quarter ounce, Oil Hemlock
half ounce, Pulverized Opium half ounce, good alcohol two quarts. Mix
and let stand ten to twelve days and filter. Dose from one to four
teaspoonfuls in a pint of milk. Keep this on hand. It is the best colic
cure known.
LINIMENT TO KILL PAIN.--One gallon Alcohol, one ounce Tincture Cayenne,
two ounces Tincture Gum Camphor, two ounces Tincture Ammonia, one-half
ounce Chloroform. Mix well and let stand twelve hours.
BEST CONDITION POWDERS.--Fenugreek, Cream of Tartar, Gentian, Sulphur,
Saltpetre, Resin, Black Antimony and Ginger each two ounces, Cayenne
Pepper one ounce. Pulverize and mix thoroughly. Dose, two
tablespoonfuls once a day in feed.
BRITTLE AND CONTRACTED HOOFS.--Take Castor Oil, Barbadoes, Tar and Soft
Soap. Equal parts of each. Melt all together and stir while cooling,
and apply a little to the hoof three or four times a week.
CONTRACTED HOOF AND SORE FEET.--Take equal parts of Soft Fat, Yellow
Wax, Linseed Oil, Venice Turpentine and Norway Tar; first melt the wax,
then add the others, mixing thoroughly. Apply to the edge of the hair
once a day.
CRACKED HEELS.--Tar eight ounces, Beeswax one ounce, Resin one ounce,
Alum one ounce, Tallow one ounce, Sulphate of Iron one ounce, Carbolic
Acid one drachm. Mix and boil over a slow fire. Skim off the filth and
add two ounces of the scrapings of Sweet Elder.
EYE WATER.--White Vitriol and pure Saltpetre of each one scruple, pure
soft water eight ounces. Mix. This should be applied to the inflamed
lids three or four times a day, and if the inflammation does not lessen
in one or two days it may be injected directly into the eye.
The writer has used this for his own eyes, reduced one-half with water,
and dropped directly into the eye, which would cause the eye to smart
considerably for about five minutes, when he should bathe the eye with
cold water for a few minutes, and by repeating this three or four times
a day, it has given the best of satisfaction. It does nicely, many
times, to just close the eye and bathe the outside freely.
CURE FOR SWEENEY.--Alcohol and Spirits of Turpentine each eight ounces,
Camphor Gum, pulverized Cantharides and Capsicum each one ounce, Oil of
Spike three ounces. Mix. Bathe with hot iron.
FARCY.--Nitrate of Potash four ounces, Black Antimony two ounces,
Sulphite of Soda one ounce, Elecampane two ounces. Mix. Dose, one
tablespoonful once or twice a day.
FARCY AND GLANDERS.--Iodide of Potassium one and one-quarter drachms,
Copperas one-half, Ginger one drachm, Gentian two drachms, powdered Gum
Arabic and Syrup to form a ball; or, take one-half ounce Sulphite Soda,
five grains powdered Cantharides. Mix, and give at night in cut feed
for several weeks; give at the same time every morning and noon three
drachms powdered Gentian, two drachms powdered Blue Vitriol, give the
medicines for a long time; feed well. This is the best treatment that
can be given for this disease.
WOLF'S LINIMENT.--One quart Alcohol, two ounces Tincture Arnica, one
ounce Oil Hemlock, one ounce Oil of Spike. Mix well and let stand
twenty-four hours. This will cure any burn, scald, bruise, sprain or
any like ailment; also aches and pains of all kinds. Apply by wetting a
flannel cloth and wrapping it around the diseased parts.
CUTS, WOUNDS AND SORES.--Take of Lard four ounces, Beeswax four ounces,
Resin two ounces, Carbolic Acid one-quarter ounce. Mix the first three
and melt, add Carbolic Acid, stirring until cool. This is excellent for
man as well as beast.
FOR POLL EVIL.--Rock Salt one ounce, Blue Vitriol one ounce, Copperas
one-half ounce. Pulverize and mix well. Fill a goose quill with the
powder and push to the bottom of the pipe. Have a stick at the top of
the quill and push the powder out of the quill, leaving it at the
bottom of the pipe. Repeat in four days, and in two or three days you
can remove the pipe without any trouble.
CURE FOR SCRATCHES.--Sweet Oil three ounces, Borax one ounce, Sugar of
Lead one ounce. Mix and apply twice daily after washing thoroughly with
castile soap, giving time for legs to dry.
GREAT ARABIAN HEAVE REMEDY.--Give your horse a teaspoonful of Lobelia
once a day for a week and then once a week, and you will hardly know he
ever had the heaves. Try it.
BOTS.--Take new Milk two quarts, Syrup one quart, mix and give the
whole, and in fifteen or twenty minutes after give two quarts of warm,
strong Sage tea; half an hour after the tea give one quart of raw
Linseed Oil, or if the Oil cannot be had give Lard instead.
DIURETICS.--Take Balsam Copaiba two ounces, Sweet Spirits of Nitre
three ounces, Spirits of Turpentine two ounces, Oil of Juniper two
ounces, Tincture of Camphor two ounces. Mix; shake the bottle before
pouring the medicine. Dose for adult horse, two tablespoonfuls in a
pint of milk, repeated every four to six hours, if necessary. This is a
reliable preparation for kidney difficulties.
FOUNDER.--Vinegar three pints, Capsicum one-half drachm, Tincture of
Aconite Root fifteen drops. Mix and boil down to one quart; when cool
give it as a drench. Blanket the horse well; after the horse has
perspired for an hour or more, give one quart of raw Linseed Oil. This
treatment will be found good for horses foundered by eating too much
grain.
MANGE.--Oil Tar one ounce, Lac Sulphur one and one-half ounces, Whale
Oil two ounces. Mix. Rub a little on the skin wherever the disease
appears, and continue daily for a week, then wash off with castile soap
and warm water.
POLL EVIL AND FISTULA.--Tincture of Opium one drachm, Potash two
drachms, Water one ounce; mix, and when dissolved inject into the pipes
with a small syringe, having cleansed the sore with soap-suds; repeat
every two days until pipes are completely destroyed.
CONDITION POWDER.--Take Antimony Crude one ounce, Lobelia gr. one
ounce, Ginger two ounces, Sulphur Flour three ounces, Berberry gr. one
ounce, Cream Tartar four ounces, Saltpetre Flour four ounces; well
mixed. Dose, one tablespoonful each day in wet feed. Best in the
market; will sell well.
FOR BONE SPAVIN.--Hog's Lard half pint, best Oil Origanum one and a
half ounces, Oil Cajeput two ounces, pulverized Cantharides half ounce.
Mix, and apply each morning for four mornings, heating it in with hot
iron each time, then discontinue its use for three days, after which
use as before for five mornings. Wait about eight or ten days and if
not gone repeat as before.
ARABIAN HORSE TAMER'S SECRET.--Take Oil of Cummin, Oil of Rhodium and
Horse Castor. Keep separate in air-tight bottles. Rub a little of the
Oil of Cummin on your hand and approach the horse on the windward side,
so that he can smell the Cummin. The horse will then let you come up to
him without trouble. Rub your hand gently on the horse's nose, getting
a little oil on it. He will then follow you. Give him a little of the
Castor on a piece of Loaf Sugar or Apple; get a few drops of the
Rhodium on his tongue, and he is your servant. He will follow you like
a pet dog.
CURE FOR SPAVIN AND RINGBONE.--Cantharides one ounce, Mercurial
Ointment half ounce, Corrosive Sublimate a half drachm, Turpentine one
and a half ounces, Tincture Iodine one ounce, Gum Euphorbium four
ounces. Mix well with one pound of Lard. For spavin or ringbone, cut
the hair away and grease the part well with the ointment, rubbing it in
well. In two days grease the parts with Lard; wash it off in two days
more, and again apply the ointment. So continue until a cure is
effected, which will be in a short time. For bog Spavin, wind gall,
curb or splint, apply the ointment every six days.
JOCKEY TRICKS.--How to make a horse appear as though he was badly
foundered.--Take a fine wire and fasten it tightly around the fetlock,
between the foot and the heel, and smooth the hair over it. In twenty
minutes the horse will show lameness. Do not leave it on over nine
hours. To make a horse lame.--Take a single hair from its tail, put it
through the eye of a needle, then lift the front leg and press the skin
between the outer and middle tendon or cord, and shove the needle
through, cut off the hair each side and let down the foot. The horse
will go lame in twenty minutes. How to make a horse stand by his food
and not take it.--Grease the front teeth and the roof of the mouth with
common beef tallow, and he will not eat until you wash it out. This, in
conjunction with the above, will consummate a complete founder. How to
cure a horse from the crib or sucking wind.--Saw between the upper
teeth to the gums. How to put a young countenance on a horse.--Make a
small incision in the sunken place over the eye, insert the point of a
goose quill and blow it up; close the external wound with a thread, and
it is done. To cover up the heaves.--Drench the horse with one-fourth
pound of common bird-shot, and he will not heave until they pass
through him. To make a horse appear as if he had the glanders.--Melt
four ounces fresh Butter and pour into his ear. To distinguish between
glanders and distemper.--The discharge from the nose in glanders will
sink in water; in distemper it floats. How to make a true pulling horse
balk.--Take Tincture of Cantharides one ounce, and Corrosive Sublimate
one drachm; mix and bathe his shoulder at night. How to serve a horse
that is lame.--Make a small incision about half way from the knee to
the joint on the outside of the leg, and at the back part of the shin
bone you will find a small, white tendon or cord; cut it off and close
the external wound with a stitch, and he will walk off on the hardest
pavement and not limp a particle.
HOW TO TELL THE AGE OF A HORSE.--The safest way of determining the age
of a horse is by the appearance of the teeth, which undergo certain
changes in the course of years.
Eight to fourteen days after birth, the first middle nippers of the set
of milk teeth are cut; four to six weeks afterwards the pair next to
them, and finally, after six or eight months, the last.
All these milk teeth have a well defined body and neck, and a slender
fang, and on their front surface grooves or furrows, which disappear
from the middle nippers at the end of one year, from the next pair in
two years, and from the incisive teeth (cutters) in three years.
At the age of two the nippers become loose and fall out, in their
places appear two permanent teeth, with deep, black cavities, and full,
sharp edges.
At the age of three, the next pair fall out.
At four years old, the corner teeth fall out.
At five years old, the horse has his permanent set of teeth.
The teeth grow in length as the horse advances in years, but at the
same time his teeth are worn away by use about one-twelfth of an inch
every year, so that the black cavities of the center nippers below
disappear in the sixth year, those of the next pair in the seventh
year, and those of the corner teeth in the eighth year. Also the outer
corner of upper and lower jaw just meet at eight years of age.
At nine years old, cups leave the two center nippers above, and each of
the two upper corner teeth has a little sharp protrusion at the extreme
outer corner.
At the age of ten the cups disappear from the adjoining teeth.
At the age of eleven, the cups disappear from the corner teeth above,
and are only indicated by brownish spots.
The oval form becomes broader, and changes, from the twelfth to the
sixteenth year, more and more into a triangular form, and the teeth
lose, finally, with the twentieth year, all regularity. There is
nothing remaining in the teeth that can afterwards clearly show the age
of the horse, or justify the most experienced examiner in giving a
positive opinion.
The tushes, or canine teeth, conical in shape, with a sharp point, and
curved, are cut between the third and fourth year, their points become
more and more rounded until the ninth year, and after that, more and
more dull in the course of years, and lose, finally, all regular shape.
Mares seldom have tusks; if any, they are very faintly indicated.
Frequent reference to the chart for telling the horse's age will
thoroughly acquaint one with this valuable bit of knowledge.
AGE OF SHEEP AND GOATS.--At one year old they have eight front teeth of
uniform size. At two years the two middle ones are supplanted by two
large ones. At three a small tooth appears on each side. At four there
are six large teeth. At five all the front teeth are large, and at six
all begin to get worn.
AGE OF CATTLE.--A cow's horn is supposed to furnish a correct
indication of the age of the animal, but this is not always true. For
ordinary purposes, however, the following will be found approximately
correct: At two years of age a circle of thicker matter begins to form
on the animal's horns, which becomes clearly defined at three years of
age, when another circle begins to form, and an additional circle every
year thereafter. The cow's age then can be determined by adding two to
the number of circles. The rings on a bull's horns do not show
themselves until he is five years old--so in the case of a bull five
must be added to the number of rings. Unless the rings are clear and
distinct these rules will not apply. Besides, dishonest dealers
sometimes file off some of the rings of old cattle.