The Farmers Own Book 6

The Farmers Own Book 6

A COMPLETE LIST OF Receipts Belonging to the Horse. AND THEIR USES.

 

 

CELEBRATED HORSE POWDERS.

 

FOR THE CURE OF YELLOW WATER, HIDE BOUND, GRUB WORMS, BOTS, &C.

 

These powders will cleanse the blood and give new life and vigor to the

animal, its effects will soon be made apparent. They are harmless and can

be fed with safety. Take

 

½ pound gentian root.

1 “ flour of brimstone,

1 “ fenugreek,

½ “ alum,

¼ “ gum asafœtida,

1 “ rosin,

¼ “ angelica root,

½ “ rhubarb,

½ “ columbo,

1 “ copperas,

1 “ cut and dried tobacco,

½ “ cream of tartar,

¼ “ red tartar,

1 “ epsom salts,

1 “ juniper berries,

½ “ garden benedict,

½ “ salts of nitre,

1 “ spice berries,

1 “ antimony,

1 “ ginger,

 

Mix and pulverize well. The glass should be ground through a fine mill

two or three times. If the benedict and spice berries cannot be obtained

it will do well without them.

 

 

DIRECTIONS FOR USE.

 

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.

 

 

AN INFALLIBLE LOTION FOR BLOWS, BRUISES, SWELLINGS, SPRAINS, &C.

 

This lotion is truly astonishing in its effects, and cannot be surpassed

for the purposes for which it is intended. Dissolve 2 ounces of gum

camphor in 1 pint of 95 per cent. alcohol, and when dissolved add

 

2 ounces oil of turpentine,

2 “ spirits sal amoniac,

1 “ oil origanum,

2 tablespoonsful laudanum.

 

This lotion must be well rubbed in with the hand for a full quarter of an

hour every time it is used, which should be four times a day.

 

 

FOR THE BLACK TONGUE.

 

Take a handful of fine salt and rub well upon the tongue of the horse

that has this disease, which will effect a cure in two applications. It

is an infallible, simple and cheap remedy.

 

 

LOTION FOR SCRATCHES OR GREASE.

 

Take white oak bark and make a strong decoction of it by boiling; then

dissolve a portion of pulverized alum in the decoction, say ½ pound of

alum to a quart of decoction, and it is ready for use. Before applying

the lotion, wash the parts with warm soap suds two or three times a day.

This lotion has never been known to fail when properly applied. A lotion

made of alum and water is said to be good.

 

 

TO QUIET OR TAME HORSES.

 

Take of the oil of roses 4 drops, oil of cummin 4 drops, and a portion

of the wart or horney substance that forms on the leg, powder it fine;

then drop the oil in and mix it in your hand, put some up the horse’s

nostrils, and give him some in his feed. This is said to be a certain

remedy for taming horses, so that you may handle them as you please.

 

 

TREATMENT OF FOUNDER.

 

As soon as it is ascertained that the horse is foundered, take from the

neck vein from 1 to 2 gallons of blood; then give 1 ounce of pulverized

alum, mixed with damp oats; place the horse in a dry stall, ground floor

is best, wrap the legs up as high as the knees and hock joints, with

woollen cloths, saturate them with cold water for seven or eight hours;

give him no food for twenty-four hours, and then let it be a light feed

of oats and bran mash mixed. In two or three days turn him out for

exercise. If the ankles continue feverish, bathe them at night with equal

parts of vinegar, alcohol and sweet oil.

 

 

FOR URINE BOUND.

 

Take dandeline leaves, make a strong decoction and drench freely. A

decoction made of water-melon seeds will answer the same purpose. Whiskey

will generally accomplish the object.

 

 

FOR THE DISTEMPER.

 

Give the horse indigo water to drink: feed on bran mash mixed with a

small quantity of sulphor or brimstone; or you may use some good horse

powders, adding thereto a little of the brimstone. The easiest mode to

tincture the water with the indigo is to put it into a common muslin

bag; then dip the bag into the water, letting it remain until the water

becomes bluish, or until you think it contains a sufficient quantity of

the indigo. Give no other water to drink. This is a safe remedy.

 

 

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.

 

 

FOR BLOOD OR BOG SPAVIN.

 

For curing the above disease dress with mercurial ointment two or three

times, and then with iodine ointment. To make mercurial ointment, take

1 ounce of quicksilver to 3 ounces of lard, beat both together until

thoroughly mixed. Iodine ointment is made by mixing equal quantities of

iodine and mercurial ointment well together.

 

 

A GOOD HORSE POWDER.

 

The following prescription will make an excellent powder for ordinary

purposes. Take

 

2 pounds sulphor of brimstone,

2 “ cream of tartar,

1 “ antimonia,

1 “ saltpetre.

 

The dose of this mixture is 1 table spoonful morning and evening.