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 WRITTEN BY 
 
 G. R. HOLLINGSWORTH 
 HagerstoiDii, Md. 
 
U/ill/T\aKeY'oij $1,000 
 
 A Guide to the 
 
 METHODS of HANDLING H0R8E8 
 
 -^ AND + THE ^* 
 
 Treatment of their Diseases. 
 
 DISEASES OF CATTLE. 
 
 U/09d(jrf(jl Diseouery for )^095 
 
 
 / 
 
 By G. R. HOLLINGSWORTH, 
 Hagerstown, Md. 
 
 
 1892. I 
 
 OLOBE JOB ROOMS PRINT, f^ 6 ^ VT' 
 
 HAGCRSiTOWN, MR. -^^ ^ 
 
Introduction. 
 
 It is highly importaDt for a man wishing to 
 handle horses and other animals skillfully that he 
 should i)ossess nerve, energy, and above all be 
 able to control liis temper, remembering that he 
 has all the strong mental faculties, while the 
 Horse can think of but one thing at a time. 
 Should you lose your temper, whip, slash and hal- 
 loo, making it impossible for the horse's under- 
 standing, while the horse is now excited, also the 
 teacher, you forget to pat or encourage him, when 
 does right and your horse then becomes man shy, 
 which is very hard to overcome again. Be strong, 
 firm and elastic with the reins and appliances you 
 are using, never allowing the animal to know^ his 
 strength. When horses have their own way tliey 
 lia\ e very little reasoning power. A horse has 
 some strong powers of recollection and in some 
 instances they are stronger than man, so much so 
 that they will take advantage in the field and 
 stable, harness and saddle. 
 
 Man as a high being o^ er the horse and know- 
 ing the strength, and especially how they differ 
 
WILL MAK TOU $1,000. 
 
 in dispositions, is not excusable for taking risks 
 in giving the horse more freedom than belongs to 
 an animal like the horse with his great strena:th 
 in comparison to man. When a savage horse 
 opens battle with heels or mouth, a man unless on 
 his watch and guard is nothing more than a 
 mouse in the cage of a lion. 
 
 Intending to make this a Pocket Manual and 
 not a history, I do not think it expedient at this 
 place to illustrate what may follow in its pages, 
 as may be observed by the reader when his eye 
 shall greet the letters that he will find there, from 
 the standard bearers of this country. Having 
 spent my entire life with farmers and horse 
 owners, I do not want for language to express to 
 them in this book anything but what will be of 
 vast importance in every-day life, a^d not take 
 up their valuable time with anything too compli- 
 cated, that they will not at once be able to diag- 
 nose and thoroughly understand. My ointments, 
 and my entire medicine department and theory 
 are from a life-long study, and it affords me 
 pleasure to put them before the public, as it 
 always gave me pleasure to study and improve in 
 every way, and adopt all methods which would 
 afford the greatest success and lead to speedy 
 victory. 
 
 I therefore with 20 years' association with horses 
 consider all of them unsafe when trusted too far 
 They are never too gentle or well broken not to 
 
INTRODUCTION. 
 
 commit great damage to man's life. In every-day 
 life we see and read of accidents, of horses that 
 have been in use 15 to 20 years; therefore, trust 
 them not with old harness and defective, half 
 broken down wagons or machines, for when once 
 they get away, old or young, they sometimes never 
 get over it, and only wait for an opportunity to 
 do so again. I do not intend in this work to 
 write a history, but simply to give some facts or, 
 as it were, to build a fence of i)rotection around 
 the owners and handlers of horses which will pro- 
 tect them from damage to themselves or their 
 horses. They can put up the inside fences as they 
 see best, just as persons buying a piece of land 
 can work on the inside at their own pleasure, but 
 when they cross the outer line, they do so at their 
 own risk Now when I tell what risks you may 
 take with safety, and then you take greater, it is 
 then at your own risk you are making the vent- 
 ure. It is not a sign of bravery when a man gets 
 in front of a circular saw or a steam engine when 
 they are in motion for the purpose of stopping 
 them, but he should always endeavor to have the 
 steam or power on his own side, for the public 
 only condemns such horsemen. It is only a matter 
 of time when they shall be expelled by the 
 greater power of the horse. 
 
Histori] of My Life. 
 
 I was boru in 1850, on the celebrated stock farm 
 "Willow Grove" known as the Hollingsworth farm, 
 
HISTORY OF MY LIFE. 
 
 near Winchester, Virginia. My father, Isaac 
 Hollingsworth, was born and raised on the same 
 farm, his father having been married twice. He 
 was the only child, his father dying when he was 
 quite small ; he was educated at Dickinson Col- 
 lege, located at Carlisle, Pa., from which he grad- 
 uated when he was 19 years of age. He then 
 returned to the farm and stocked it with the most 
 choice stock of those days, making a specialty of 
 high grade Saddle and Driving Horses and the 
 farm was thoroughly stocked with all tlie im- 
 proved stock of the day ; and not only was he 
 noted for the tine stock he possessed, but he 
 seemed to be born with that love for the horse, 
 that he soon became a center of attraction. He 
 was considered the most graceful horseback 
 rider to be found anywhere in those days. His 
 stock was nuich sought after and admired at 
 fairs. I often wondered when a boy, growing up 
 if mv father could love a horse more than I. I 
 was the oldest son and when not at school my 
 father took a delight when I was only ten years 
 ohl in having me in the library reading ah>ud, 
 and being unable to pronounce many words cor- 
 rectly would cause him to laugh and ridicule me, 
 until we both would get thi^ough the chapter. 
 
 When 1 was 13 years old I was able to look 
 after all stock and administer to any ordinary 
 wound and at fairs or other i)laces if a horse 
 would take colic was able to tell the groom what 
 
10 WILL MAKE YOU $1,000. 
 
 he should c^ive him. In reference to mv educa- 
 tioii, T studied uuder the guidance of a private 
 tutor at home nntil I was 13, when I was sent to 
 the Academy in Winchester, where 1 remained 
 until T was 17 years of age. Shortly after T re- 
 tuined home my father died. T remained home 
 one year, when the estate being settled np I then 
 left on a prospecting tour to Texas. Having visited 
 the most important parts of the state, and awhile 
 on the Red River, I then returned to Winchester, 
 my native home. x\t that time Cumberhind, 
 Maryland, was then booming and liking the town 
 I bought an old livery man out, and conducted 
 the livery business and the treatment of stock, 
 in which I was most successful, as the reader will 
 see from Mr. Fred IVIertin's letter, who owned 
 and worked upon the C. & O. Catial over 1(X) 
 head of horses and mules, all of which were 
 wanting treatment and T attended during my 
 many years there. From Cumberland T removed 
 to Hagerstown, INIaryland, and have conducted a 
 sale stable, shipping horses to the city, spring 
 and fall, and in the meantime have enjoyed a 
 large practice in which I have been successful, and 
 in which T am endcnsed by the leading people of 
 this county. 
 
 Some three years ago the great Hagerstown 
 Fair Association otfered a handsome prize, 
 valued at $50.00, to the most graceful gentleman 
 rider. In this contest I was most successful, 
 
HISTORY OF MY LIFE. 11 
 
 having received the highest mark every day, the 
 
 Society requiring the last day eacli rider to keep 
 
 his horse in a trot. 
 Having made a life-time stndy of the horse, 
 
 being engaged in notliing else, and having owned 
 
 fine horses, stimnlated me more and more, to be 
 
 able to administer to their wants, and to be able 
 
 to take care of the high dollar which was invested. 
 
 Mnch can be learned by close observation an<l 
 attention. As so many changes take place w^hen 
 the animal is alone which go unnoticed, untiring 
 and faithful attention, and giving medicines reg- 
 ularly, never aUowing the disease of whatever 
 character to go unnoticed, by giving orie dose of 
 medicine and then waiting till the next morning 
 to see the sick animal, but give hinj the same at- 
 tention as you would a sick person, always re- 
 membering to see that everything is comfortable 
 around him. 
 
 Never give injurious uiedicine, unless you are 
 acquainted with what you are doing. What is 
 once put down his throat is anchored until nature 
 can vacate it through the horse. He cannot 
 vomit, therefore, it may do harm before leaving 
 his stomach. Never did a shut mouth ever tell 
 lies ; so, after all; close attention and making 
 close observations after death is the only means 
 we have to be able to treat dumb animals. 
 
 Hoi)ing this book may always have a green 
 spot in your memory. I remain 
 Yours Respectfully, 
 
 G. R. ETOLLINGSWORTH. 
 
Testimonials. 
 
 Mayor's Office, Hagerstown, Md., Feb. 13, 1892. 
 To all lohom it may conceim : 
 
 This is to certify that I have known Dr. G. R. Hollings- 
 worth for several years, and from my knowledge of him 
 and the information obtained through persons with whom 
 I am well acquainted, it gives me great pleasure to 
 recommend him to all who may need his services, as one 
 who has a thorough knowledge of and experience with 
 the handling and treatment of horses. 
 
 Reinhold J. Halm, Mayor. 
 
 Mechanics' J.oan and Savings Institute, 
 
 Hagerstown, Md., Feb. 16, 1892. 
 Dr. G. R. Ho Hngsworth^ Hagerstown^ Maryland. 
 Dear Sir : 
 
 Your handling of several horses for me and their treat- 
 ment in a veterinary capacity, has been highly satisfac- 
 tory and proves to my mind that your superior skill and 
 ability as a thorough horseman cannot be gainsaid. 
 
 Respectfully, 
 George E. Stover, 
 Assistant Treasurer. 
 
 Hagerstown, Md., Feb. 17, 1892. 
 To whom it may concern : 
 
 Dr. G. R. Hollingsworth has been a patron of my store 
 for the past eight years. I have always found him to be 
 
TESTIMONIALS. 13 
 
 a prompt, efficient and truthful gentleman. During these 
 years he has bought largely of drugs and medicine, and 
 has always shown a knowledge in his profession fully 
 sustained by his success in veterinary practice. 1 
 heartily recommend him. Very respectfully, 
 
 D. C. AUGHINBAUGH. 
 
 Adams Express Company, 
 Pennsylvania Division, 
 Office of Assistant Superintendent. 
 Harrisburg, Pa., Feb. (5, 1892. 
 6^. R. HoUingsworth, Esq.^ Veterinary Surgeon, Hagers- 
 town, Md. 
 Dear Sir : 
 
 Having purchased at different times a number of horses 
 from you for use of Adams Express Company, and being 
 obliged frequently to engage you in a veterinary capacity, 
 I take great pleasure in saying that the stock, as also 
 your services, always gave entire satisfaction ; therefore, 
 I cheerfully recommend your knowledge, ability and 
 experience in the handling and treatineiit of horses, to 
 such people as may become your patrons. Wishing you 
 success in your new departure, I am 
 
 Very respectfully, 
 G. H. MooREHOUSE, Asst. Superintendent. 
 
 Ellwood Stock Farm. 
 
 Hagerstown, Md., Feb. 12, 1892. 
 Br. G. R. HolUngsworth, Hagerstoion, Md. 
 Dear Sir : 
 
 Having purchased sevei'al horses for myself and friends 
 and have frequently engaged you in a veterinary capacity, 
 the stock and also your services have given satisfaction. 
 Therefore I cheerfully recommend your knowledge, ability 
 and experience in the handling and treatment of horses 
 to such people as may become your patrons. 
 
 Very truly, Jno. N. Ripple, 
 
14 WILL MAKE YOU $1,000. 
 
 Merit, Ability and Faithfulness. 
 
 Editors News: — Merit, ability and faithfulness are 
 most commendable and they are traits not often found, 
 but they are exceptions to all rules, and one has been 
 found by the undersigned in Dr. G. R. Holling-sworth, 
 veterinary surgeon, of this place. 
 
 Desiring to visit Berkeley Springs, by driving from 
 Washington City, D. C. after a very pleasant and suc- 
 cessful drive from there to this place, which was reached 
 on Monday, 27th inst., our horse was suddenly taken sick, 
 and on inquiring for a veterinary surgeon very fortu- 
 nately I was directed to the Doctor, and his indefatigable 
 services, night and day, since, coupled with the surgical 
 ability which he has shown in the case of the afflicted 
 animal, has so commended him to me that 1 take this 
 occasion through your paper to recommend him to any 
 one having a sick or crippled horse, 
 
 1 have no axe to grind in this, being a resident of 
 Washington City, 1). C, and only do an act of justice to 
 the doctor and a kindness to my fellow man when similarly 
 environed. Hagerstown Ntwa, .luly. 1891. 
 
 ISmith Thompson, 
 1829 F St., N. W., 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
 Hagkrstown EvKNiNii Ulobk, Dec. 81, 18»1: 
 
 Dr. G. R. Hollingsworth, this city, gave an interesting 
 entertainment at the Winter brother's farm, near Wood 
 Point yesterday afternoon with his new process of driving 
 wild horses. He drove two Broncho horses in one hour 
 and drove the last one he handled to this city in a spring 
 wagon. Many persons witnessed the exhibition and pro- 
 nounced the system a success. 
 
 Evening World of Roanoke, Va., Nov. 27, 1890: 
 
 Dr. G. R. Hollingsworth, of Hagerstown, Md., arrived 
 here this morning with a carload of Maryland horses to 
 
TESTIMONIALS. 16 
 
 be placed on this market. They will be on sale at Dyer 
 Brothers livery stables on Jefferson street. Among the 
 horses is General Hancock, a chestnut stallion rated at 
 2:30 and weighs 1,200 pounds. He is beyond question one 
 of the handsomest ever seen in this city and has no 
 superior for style or beauty. 
 
 A pair of Cleveland bays for carriage use are among the 
 lot and attract marked attention, A pair of fine thor- 
 oughly broken saddle horses are also shown as well as a 
 fine coupe horse specially desirable for family use. The 
 remainder are adapted to general uses and altogether this 
 presents an excellent opportunity to secure first-class 
 stock. 
 
 They will be offered at public sale on tomorrow (Friday) 
 afternoon at 2 o'clock, at the stables of Dyer Brothers, 
 and in the interim will be open to private sale. 
 
 Cumberland, Md., Feb. 29, 1884. 
 Dr. G. R. Hollingsworth, Hagerstown, Md. 
 Dear Sir : 
 
 Yours of the 28th inst., at hand, asking for the use of 
 my name before the public in regard to your treatment of 
 diseased stock. Permit me to say that you have treated 
 horses and mules for me for nearly all kind of diseases, 
 and especially cases of bone spavin, in all of which you 
 have been most successful in saving my stock, which 
 would otherwise have been a total loss. I therefore 
 cheerfully recommend you to the public's consideration, 
 knowing your ability and skillful operations in treating 
 my stock. Very truly yours, F. Mertins. 
 
 Mr. Mertins' letter I treasured highly for he owned over 
 100 head of stock, horses and mules, which was used on 
 the canal and required my attention every day for more 
 than six years. 
 
16 WILL MAKE YOU $1,000. 
 
 Cumberland, Md., Feb. 26, 1884. 
 Dr. G. R. Holj>inc4vSWORTH, Hagerstown, Md. 
 Dear Sir : 
 
 Your favor of the 25th inst. duly at hand, asking me to 
 allow you the use of my name before the public in refer- 
 ence to your skill and ability in the treatment of sick or 
 blemished horses, mules and cattle. 1 will say that it 
 gives me great pleasure to say to all whom it miay concern, 
 that T have the utmost confidence in your handling and 
 treatment of sick and diseased stock, from services you 
 have rendered me and from what I have seen in other 
 cases not my own. 1 have been personally ac(i[uainted 
 with you for years, and most gladly recommend you to 
 the people at large. Yours respectfully, 
 
 Hanson Willison. 
 
 Hagerstown, Md., March 1, 1884. 
 We are personally acquainted with Mr. Hanson Willison, 
 and will endorse his statement of Dr. (t. R. Hollings worth. 
 
 Lewis G. Stanhope, 
 Judge A. K. Sy ester, 
 B. A. Garlinger, 
 
 The Baldw^in, 
 J. E Thomas, Prop. 
 
 Hagerstown, Md., Feb. 17, 1892. 
 To whom it may concern : 
 
 1 have known Dr. G. R. Ilollingsworth for the past 8 
 years and during that time have seen him in the pursuit 
 of his profession, and consider him one of the most skillful 
 horsemen and scientific veterinary surgeons that I ever 
 met. He has handled and broken unruly and vicious 
 horses for me, which I subsequently handled with ease, 
 and drove with safety. In fact I regard him as a thorough 
 born horseman and absolute master of his professional 
 business an<l cheerfully recommend his services to the 
 public. Very truly, .I.K.Thomas. 
 
TESTIMONIALS. 17 
 
 (From the Hagerstown Mail, Feb. 8, 1892.) 
 At the Maylield Stock Farm of Mr. A. M. Christie, near 
 this city, there was a fine yearling colt by Alchemist, out 
 of Aliss Innis, by Hapi)y IMedium, second dam by Belmont, 
 that could not be handled at all. He was an obstinate 
 and vicious little beast. On Saturday, Mr. Christie em- 
 ployed Dr. Hollingsworth to break and handle the animal, 
 which had spurned all approach, and presented flying 
 heels to every attempt to touch him. The doctor, whose 
 f)icture appears above, at once began his course of treat- 
 ment, and as if by magic, subdued the spirited little ani- 
 mal. Within an hour, ]\Ir. Christie was able to lead him 
 around, and handle him with perfect freedom. Mr. Chris- 
 tie's note to the doctor is as follows : 
 
 "I am greatly pleased with your system of handling 
 fractious horses and colts. It is so kind and gentle and 
 yet so efficacious. It seeme to be certain, sure and lasting, 
 and I can heartily recommend Dr. Hollingsworth." 
 
 A M. CHRISTIE. 
 Such a recommendation from a well-known breeder like 
 Mr. Christie, is praise indeed. 
 
HotD to Examine a Horse. 
 
 Never purchase a horse in the stable uutil you 
 have first taken him out on the level soil, when 
 you can take your time and let him have his 
 head. Do not allow a whip to be used wliile you 
 look at him. When the animal comes to the door 
 to be brought out, you look at his eyes under the 
 door. Having the back ground dark, you will be 
 able to see his eyes more clearly. Now let him 
 come out, stand in front, look at his front feet 
 and see if they are the same size, then let your 
 eye run up to his knees and see how many 
 splints there may be on the outside as well as 
 inside. All this time keep an eye on his head, now 
 and then, to see if he is watching you, and you 
 will be able to detect some knowledge of his 
 sense. Some horses may be subject to fits and 
 dumb, and much knowledge can be drawn by 
 watching their heads how they stand and act- 
 Stoop down, looking through the front legs to 
 hock, see that they are the same size, free of spavin 
 and look through his hind legs for ruptures, and 
 if castrated clean. Horse with a stud-looking neck 
 
HOW TO EXAMINE A HORSE. 19 
 
 should be taken up to a mare. If you have any 
 doubt about him not being cut clean, he will then 
 act like a stud. They are dangerous to be with 
 other horses or get loose in a stable. Now walk 
 behind him, look over his rump, and see if his 
 hips are both alike. Now step on each side, 
 notice him breathe, and see if he ever had a rib 
 broken, or had fistula ; all this being done, take 
 time on his mouth. See that his teeth do not 
 bear any appearance of a cribber, and look far 
 back in his mouth if an old animal, and see how 
 his moalers look, then have a boy to run ahead of 
 him, and see how he tracks, or goes lame, and 
 carries his tail. Have the boy to get on his 
 back, and run him one hundred yards from you 
 and back as fast as he can go without 
 injuring him, and now you can catch his 
 wind. Always look close to a horse's 
 hocks for they are liable to be injured in 
 many cases, and so many blemishes appear 
 on the hocks, as the strain is very great ; also his 
 ankles, look for warts in his ears, also examine 
 his tail for they sometimes infest it, and cause 
 grave trouble. Always try to drive a horse before 
 you i)ay for him, unless you know your man and 
 horse; even then you may not like him after you 
 see him travel, for some animals look good one 
 place and some another. If you are buying a 
 double team then comes judgment and plenty of 
 it, for one horse may be perfect and the other not 
 
20 WILL MAKE YOU $1,000. 
 
 good and do not travel together. Any gentleman 
 not being full}' competent of examining a horse 
 should get some one who can be thorough in all 
 his doings throughout. You cannot take too 
 much time in trying a single horse or a double 
 team for family use, until you have been con- 
 vinced they are safe and what you want. You 
 can tind horses, but not dear friends. I can only 
 say, always be on your guard, look for habits 
 good or bad. T think uiore than half the battle 
 is a perfect eye. The safety and comfort depends 
 on horses with perfect eyes, does not shy from 
 mismanagement or having been abused. If 
 allowed to stand without use in cold weather, he 
 may look wild, and jump around and especially 
 when anything comes up quickly behind him. 
 Horses should have plenty of light. Anything 
 from a cold or eye-running, the animal is unsound 
 until cured. A horse losing one eye blemished 
 both eyes out blemished. Horses do not all have 
 feet alike, some much smaller than others, while 
 some will contract sooner than others. Horses 
 with mule-shaped feet will contract if not closely 
 watched, if used and kept shod on hard roads 
 when contracted; unsound tlat foot will do for 
 farm, but bad for a driver. Horses with corns 
 which come on the inside, mostly unsound corns 
 can appear soon. Therefore look before the 
 money passes. Cracked in the feet either side or 
 front blemished. When a horse has a bad case 
 
HOW TO MANAGE A HORSE. dl 
 
 of thrush, and his steps are short, and his feet 
 drawn in at the heel he is ansound. Thrush is 
 not unsound in a mihl form. Ringbone above 
 the feet unsound, cartilages at the top the coronet 
 unsound, and best lit for farm use. Canker un- 
 sound, allow thrush to exist too long will produce 
 canker, windgalls at the bottom of the cannon 
 bone not large shows a great deal of use has been 
 liad out of the animal and especially if on the 
 outside, and inside it is a blemish and not too 
 great would not reject a good animal as a horse 
 grows old, if not too large they go off. Splints 
 not close to the knee, half way down the cannon 
 bone not too large sound, curbs if not large does 
 not interfere with him in the least sound. Spavin 
 either bone or bog unsound swelled or capped 
 nocks not large blemished, through pins not large 
 showing only a windgall, out side leg sound. 
 Grease unsound. Hitch in the back unsound. 
 Horse tender in the front feet or sore and stum- 
 bles unsound. Heavy in the wind or rupture un- 
 sound. Heaves unsound. All colds and coughs 
 unsound until cured. Sprung front knees un- 
 sound. A horse flighty and over rush of ])lood to 
 the head unsound. A horse that has ever had 
 poll-evil or fistula and properly cured not leaving 
 bad etfect blemished. Cribbing unsound. Sur- 
 feit unsound. Lampas blemished until scored 
 with a knife. 
 1 have tried to point out to you many defects, 
 
22 WILL MAKE YOU $1,000. 
 
 and to have you on your <;uard ; and not with- 
 standing-, you will still go nstiny in Imying if not 
 careful. It is well to take a receipt foi- a liorse 
 bought to be sound, etc. 
 
 $150 00 Hagerstowjn, Ml)., Jan. 1, 1892. 
 
 Received of Samuel R. Jones One Hundred and Fifty 
 Dollars for one bay mare warranted sound free from vice. 
 Six years old next spring- quiet to drive, and true in all 
 harness, and safe to ride. 
 
 A. O. Bowman. 
 
 Hagerstown, Md., Jan. 6, 1892. 
 
 Received of Mrs. A. P. (Colston, Ninety Dollars for one 
 gray mare ; sound except lower cap of hip being down ; 
 quiet to drive. A. L. Strite. 
 
 The above mare will not allow any one to ride with 
 safety, so it was left out the receipt, also age and vice. 
 
 A horse with a good barrel, and a place to 
 carry his dinner, and not pot-gutted, should 
 always have considerable tlie advantage in mar- 
 ket over a horse with tucked flanks and small 
 feeder. It is generally a good sign to go by, for 
 unless he eats when at work he must go down in 
 flesh and is more liable to get sick. His chances 
 are better than tliose of any dainty animal. 
 
 If you live in a town or city and want to buy a 
 driving horse, never purchase a colt, if you want 
 to do much driving for they are apt to become 
 unsound before you are awaie, and then again 
 colts are like children. They get sick and go 
 through with colt distemper and get gouty when 
 fed too much grain. They require like everything 
 
HOW TO MANAGE A HORSE. 23 
 
 else, exercise ; but it should be in a moderate 
 form and not many know a colt can be ruined 
 both by over-feeding as well as by driving. Then 
 they are not gentle for town use, they get full of 
 play and like to give vent to tlieir feelings by 
 showing their hind feet sometimes ; and, too, 
 they chance to become frightened and they kick 
 something behind them, and start to run, and 
 kick for all they can. 
 
 Always watch that a dog never bites your colt 
 or horse on his legs when driving, for some grave 
 accidents have happened, and nothing will make 
 a horse act worse than wlien badly frightened by 
 a dog taking hold of his leg, for they do it quickly 
 and bite hard, and then again some horses have 
 very little idea of being very gentle. 
 
 At the best, a horse broad between the eyes, 
 large nostrils, good eye, are generally good ani- 
 mals, and if a very heavy foreto]) inclined to be 
 lazy. 
 
 Still all things differ when properly shown and 
 handled ; but, as a rule, much knowledge can be 
 gained fiom close observations of a horse's head, 
 when you once know where to look for things 
 that denote faithfulness — ears, eyes, nostrils and 
 shape of head — as I have explained. 
 
 We are liable to fall in love too easy with a 
 horse, then allow ourselves to be persuaded by 
 others too quickly to buy and then in a few days 
 what a difference — all wrong ; bought too quick ; 
 
24 WILL MAKE YOU |1,000. 
 
 lose possibly fifty dollars or more ; try it again. 
 
 Now, anything you found wrong with this ani- 
 mal will be the first thing you look for when you 
 go to purchase again. 
 
 I shall say little about telling the age of a 
 horse, for when a horse gets past eight years old, 
 three months make a big difference. So many 
 differ in telling ages. All go by the appearance 
 of the mouth, and any dealer can generally tell 
 any horse ui) to ten and twelve years old ; there- 
 fore, if a responsible person, his warranty covers 
 this point. 
 
 In all large cities where large horse sales are 
 made they do not guarantee the exact age of a 
 horse. They may be called seven or eight. Then 
 you must decide or take your best friend's judg- 
 ment, or can you be able to risk your own opin- 
 ion in the matter, and know what you want by 
 looking over the animal, then buy and nine times 
 out of ten you will use and be satisfied with him. 
 
Wow to Tell Age of Horses. 
 
 This can onlj'^ be understood by tliose who 
 after years and experience in buying and hand- 
 ling horses that are expert, for horse's teeth differ 
 very much. When a colt comes he has but first 
 and second grinders, top and bottom, eight in all, 
 four each above and below, and he may come 
 without any, and in two or three days afterward 
 he cuts the remaining teeth in succession, when 
 two front nippers come top and bottom fairly 
 through, when ten or eleven days old; when the 
 next four come through he is one month old. 
 When the third pair come through indicate eight 
 months; these now last him until coming three 
 years old, and are called milk teeth. When three 
 years, he gets two center nii)pers having two full 
 large teeth top and bottom ; when four years- old, 
 the second pair of large teeth appear in order, 
 one milk tooth at each side, top and bottom. 
 When five years old, full mouth, all his milk teeth 
 have been shed; some would think his milk teeth 
 are fastened in the bone, but they are not; they 
 only extend through the gums to the bone, and 
 
26 WILL MAKE YOU $1,000. 
 
 are easily ex})elled. When he has a full mouth 
 of teeth, forty in all, twelve nippers, four bridle 
 teeth and twenty-four molars, six on toj) jaw, 
 same on the lower, makini;' twelve on each side. 
 In the mare the tusks do not always make their 
 appearance. Most cases when the mare gets up 
 in years, the tusks are between the nippers and 
 molars. Blind teeth or wolf teeth come close u\) 
 to the first molar teeth on the upper jaw, some- 
 times they are very large and sometiuies very 
 small. I shall not enter into the long arguuient 
 about blind teeth. Many farmers will not rest a 
 day if they know a colt has blind teeth until they 
 are taken out. T will say you run no risk in 
 taking them out, and you have your mind re- 
 lieved. This custom has l)een handed down from 
 ages. I have seen colts that were weeping from 
 the eyes, and after pulling the teeth they got 
 better. So the proof of the matter is a test. 
 Many horsemen go by the cups in the nippers in 
 tihe lower jaw and use them to tell up to ten 
 years. Horse six years old looses cups in center 
 teeth on lower jaw, seven years old next almost 
 gone, so on until nine when very little cuj) can 
 be seen on the end teeth. The teeth commence to 
 shrink and by the time another year comes 
 around, his teeth get shar]) up to the gums, each 
 year grow long and so on as years roll by, it then 
 takes general appearance to tell the age, by those 
 that have watched it closely, then all miss some- 
 
HOW TO TELL AGE OF HORSES. 27 
 
 times for some dealers take spirits salts and can 
 wash every line and clean pretty and white, then 
 again all corners can be taken down even, mak- 
 ing a pretty set of teeth, then again by taking a 
 sharp awl and drilling cups almost as natural as 
 ever ; then take a stick of caustic and ]jut a little 
 in the cups already made will turn them black, 
 and last a year or more and after standing over 
 night, if done by an expert, it takes one quite 
 skilled to detect it. Many four year old horses 
 pass for five, some people only look for milk 
 teeth and seeing them gone, having been jjuUed 
 out to mislead the buyer, he never stops to count 
 the front teeth, and taking a glance at the teeth 
 goes on dealing and thinks he has a good five- 
 year old horse ready for work. I have seen old 
 horses sixteen years old with a mouth not over 
 nine years old, but this is seldom seen unless he 
 has l)een in the dental chair. Horses have de- 
 cayed teeth, and sometimes have aching teeth 
 like people, and refuse grain and leave it in the 
 trough. In this case have them extracted, and 
 with the improved instruments it can be done 
 almost as easy as man's teeth. Bad teeth will 
 cause the horse to slobber at the mouth, and in 
 some cases a bad odor, and when colts get three 
 years old and commence to loose their milk teeth 
 and should some not fall out and the big teeth 
 are coming crooked, pull out milk teeth with 
 forceps. 
 
Wow to Handle Horses. 
 
 Oonmience the very minute you lay y<Air eyes 
 on a colt. When j'ou can get your hands on it, 
 |)at him on the head and convince it you are a 
 friend. All little colts, when they first come, are 
 willing- to walk up to every object to make it out. 
 If allowed to run at large all the summer and are 
 never put in the barn, they get very wild. If 
 well fed, it will take more work in the fall when 
 you go to wean them, but if you don't do any- 
 thing with them until six months old, be sure and 
 break them to halters and lead and get gentle for 
 they will not be so big and heavy and a man can 
 handle them. They will not be so ugly afterward 
 and they will know when you take hold of them 
 that you are their masters, aud they will not be 
 hard to use in harness or saddle when they have 
 never becouie man-shy. 
 
 If allowed to run until grown and you go to 
 handle them take no chances and be ready for 
 no bad breaks; that is, fix for them so you will be 
 able to stop them from any bad move they may 
 make, so that you do not get crippled or allow 
 
HOW TO HANDLE HORSES. 
 
 them to get frightened, which will take you double 
 the time to accomplish your work. 
 
 Many horses are ugly to shoe. Accustom your 
 colt to let you handle his front feet by picking 
 them up in the stable for they get used to the 
 one that feeds them, and will allow you many 
 l)rivileges. 
 
 Remember, never be careless, and try and do 
 too much, for while you have a dozen colts, you 
 may have one or more devils in the lot that you 
 have got to use differently. It may have bred 
 after the mother or sire, and sometimes they even 
 go back. 
 
 Never give colts or horses too much strap 
 when you are leading. They can hurt you very 
 easily. 
 
 Be careful not to stand in front of any animal 
 that pulls back in the stable, for should he fall 
 back and not break loose, then jump up in the 
 stall and hit you, you might be killed or ruined 
 for life. 
 
 They pull until they are almost blind with pain 
 and they sometimes throw themselves or fall 
 from being heavy about the brain, the halter 
 pulling on top of the head over the brain. 
 
 When stock is tied do it right, for one animal 
 to get loose in a stable can ruin many a fine 
 animal.. It is just as important to be watchful 
 of tying stock as it is to speak to them when 
 
ao WILL MAKE YOU $1,000! 
 
 entering the stable and stall. Always try to 
 catch a horse's eye before i;()iiig to liis stall, 
 uever go into strange stall and among strange 
 horses until you can see for yourself that they 
 are not ugly or biters, or ask the owner or stable 
 man. 
 
 A horse will sometimes allow you to come in 
 liis stall, and when close to his head, turn on you 
 and try to squeeze you, or kick, or run back, 
 then jump up in the stall, and catch you. Some 
 horses are very ugly in pasture, will allow you to 
 get close to them then wheel and kick you in the 
 twinkling of an eye. 
 
 T don't want to take up so much time in trying 
 to learn the young American boys to l)e ever 
 watchful, but having gone all over this ground, 
 I feel it my duty to give all ideas that may add 
 to the safety of lives. 
 
 Never try to open a horse's mouth while fastened 
 in a stall. Always unfasten the animal first. 
 Then should he fall back no damage will be done. 
 
 When you go from home and either drive a 
 young horse or one you have not owned long, 
 and tie him in some [)lace where you do not 
 unhitch him and stable your horse, you had better 
 unfasten him from your wagon or buggy even if 
 it does take a little tinae. You may save your 
 buggy or your horse by so doing, for you don't 
 know but that he may pull back or even know 
 
HOW TO HANDLE HORSES. 31 
 
 how to sli]) his bridle or be smart enough to untie 
 himself. Then damage and loss may follow. 
 
 Avoid being out late at night with unsafe ani- 
 inals. Use daylight and take something safe 
 when you know you will have (hirkness to con- 
 tend with. 
 
 Never risk a lady behind an unsafe horse, until 
 you are certain you understand its disi)osition, 
 for once a lady is shocked by a runaway or kick- 
 ing horse she hardly ever gets over it. You may 
 feel you can handle any kind of a horse, but you 
 Avill sometimes chance to get the wrong one, if 
 you handle many. 
 
 Therefore, be ever watchful and you will never 
 regret it when you grow old. 
 
 Always learn a horse to drive with single har- 
 ness on before you ever hitch him singly. Learn 
 him to turn and to go, and stop when you give 
 the word. This is so important. 
 
 Never break a colt in a rush. When you chance 
 to get a bad one, use all appliances laid down 
 in my book and you will come close to being able 
 to achieve the victory and not get hurt. 
 
 When you have a bad horse use him oft' wheel 
 or some place where he can do no damage. Never 
 allow yourself to take the burden off some one 
 who has a bad horse until you first have the 
 proper appliances to handle him with, even if 
 you have to wait another day to arrange for tho 
 
32 
 
 WILL MAKE YOU $1,000. 
 
 matter, for if you don't you will ruin the horse, 
 or he will get the best of you. 
 
 *'A stitch in time saves nine/' always consider, 
 the first time you give a horse his fu'st lesson. 
 You should have everything right, and if all goes 
 well, you may consider you have got him on a 
 straight way to become a useful animal. 
 
Breaking and Handling Horses, 
 
 The above cut shows how to tix for a bad kicker 
 or a runaway and can be used on one taking the 
 studs, or in using him to become familiar with 
 steam, top wagons, or any object at which he 
 will frighten, or if you want to shoot behind him. 
 
 Never whip a horse unless you are certain you 
 
34 WILL MAKE YOU $1,000. 
 
 are riglit. Having used all other means, then 
 nse your wlii^) on bis front knees and on the side 
 of his nostrils. These are tender spots with the 
 horse. 
 
 Yon will see the horse has on an extra large 
 saddle, and under this is a ring. The rope runs 
 down to a strap and a ring to his front foot, 
 between the ankle and hoof back through the 
 ring under his belly to the other foot. You can 
 pull both, or one leg as the case may reipiire. A 
 rope, or any strap around the body will answer, 
 and you can use your regular dri\ing harness, 
 and not get them torn. Use something on his 
 knees, if on a hard or stony surface, so if you 
 pull him down, you will not bark them. This 
 will take the starch out of him and you will soon 
 learn how to have a well broken colt, and have it 
 done with your own force and not have to spend 
 money with others and then not get satist^iction. 
 
 Always be in a good humor when handling a 
 horse, and you will save many drops of sweat and 
 thousands of hard strains u[)on your nerves and 
 loss of temi>er. 
 
 If your horse kicks in the plow and harrow, use 
 this loop on both legs, and have him on the out^ 
 side, and have a man to go several rounds, and 
 every time you turn a corner and he kicks bring 
 him on his knees. He will soon stop, and do his 
 W'ork to Queen's taste. 
 
 Never accustom any horse in driving to jerking 
 
BREAKING AND HANDLING HORSES. 85 
 
 at his mouth to make him travel. Si)eak to him 
 and at the same time use the whip, and at all 
 times let him know you have a whip, and when 
 you use it give liiui such a cut as he may deserve. 
 Don't be touclnn<;- at him all the time, for you 
 will make him lazy. 
 
 Study your horse's mouth and use a bit that 
 will suit best. Some horses have very tender 
 mouths and will never drive good unless they 
 have a bit to suit. Neither will a man carry his 
 head right urdess he has a collar around his neck 
 that is comfortable. 
 
 Never shoe a young horse until his front feet 
 get tender and he looks where he is j)uttiQg his 
 feet and picks a [)lace like a boy when barefooted. 
 When once you learn him this, shoe him, and in 
 a few weeks take them off again. This cultivates 
 ji good saddle horse. If you want to have a long 
 gaited driver, shoe before his feet get tender, and 
 he gets to stepping short. 
 
 I believe in making farm horses, as well as 
 others, to be careful, and not go falling over every 
 little mole hill, for these days farmers use a fair 
 size horse for all pur[)oses. Therefore, to per- 
 form their duty, let him be sure-footed, for once 
 he falls and cuts his knees it spoils the sale and 
 many buyers will not buy one with such a blem- 
 ish. Morses geneially, when they run away, fall 
 and hurt their knees. 
 
 If you want always to avoid all the misfoi tunes 
 
36 WILL MAKE YOU 11,000. 
 
 you can never trust little boys to hold your 
 borses at home or in tbe city, if it be only for 
 ever so short a time. 
 
 Never leave children behind any horse without 
 good aid. If you have to go from your carriage 
 or wagon, take them out first and watch when 
 gone. 
 
 Get out to open gates if alone. Eather than 
 risk your horse, tie him; then go back and fasten 
 the gate. If there is nothing handy to tie to, 
 unfasten one side of your line at the bit, that will 
 let you back to the gate and keep hold of your 
 horse. 
 
 Never risk little children to go about your 
 barn. Many accidents have happened by cattle 
 or horses or hogs. If in the spring, your cows 
 commence to calf and a child should enter the 
 barnyard and perhaps you get her when not fresh 
 and the party you get her from had no chilcreii. 
 She might run at the child and kill it, thin kino- 
 she was protecting her calf. Mares will do the 
 same thing. 
 
 If you have any old Avells or cisterns about 
 your place, be ever careful that they are kept in 
 good order and closed, that nothing in roaming 
 will walk on them and fall in. In summer, when 
 water is scarce, I have seen some bad accidents 
 to tine stock hunting water and breaking through, 
 
BREAKING AND HANDLING HORSES. 37 
 
 and especially where stock is watered froui 
 wells. 
 
 I am often asked whether, when I am through 
 lireaking- a horse, any person can drive him? I 
 answer, no, for there are so many balky drivers 
 who are not tit to take hold of a line, mnch less 
 drive them. I have seen teams, four and six 
 horses, completely spoiled in slashing the whip 
 and keeping the team excited until they would 
 straighten a trace and when they did, would want 
 to go at it in a full run. 
 
 A great many take up a young horse in the 
 field, and before gentling him and getting him in 
 shape, hitch him to a buggy. Not being familiar 
 with the rattle and bustle, he frightens and the 
 shock to his nervous system is so great that it 
 will require many lessons to overcome the fright. 
 
 After you have once gained the confidence of a 
 horse, when you speak to him he will readily 
 understand you are his friend. 
 
 A horse man-shy takes a long time to gain his 
 confidence. Some horses have mild disposition, 
 easily taught, while others are the opposite. 
 Some require to be dealt with with a great deal 
 of positiveness and firmness at all times. Others 
 you cannot be too gentle with, either with your 
 whip or voice. 
 
 I believe in handling all horses and keeping 
 them at a proper distance. Never fondle, tease 
 or worry a horse and more especially a stallion, 
 
88 WILL MAKE YOU $1,00«. 
 
 for they get gay eiiougli and will soon learn to 
 become worthless and danmMous. 
 
 Never whip and slash a horse alter you have 
 passed an object at which he has taken fright. 
 Use your whi[> in going up to it and speaking 
 only. 
 
 Always correct your horse in harness or undi'r 
 the saddle the moment he stumbles. In case ln^ 
 should do so again he will fear punishment and 
 catch himself, but not go down. 
 
 Never hitch a horse with defective harness oi 
 wagon, more especially as regards the harness. 
 Nothing will cause more serious accident than 
 that the breech-band should break. All parts of 
 the harness should be in keeping. 
 
 It is well to hitch all horses double the first 
 time they are hitched, especially to a top bnggy. 
 They get a sight of the buggy entirely ditferent 
 and are liable to bolt or kick and in their fright 
 pay little attention to tlie driver, while on the 
 other hand, having a broken horse beside him 
 will give him contidence and in a few miles' drive 
 you have accomplished your work without acci- 
 dent. 
 
 A horse running and trying to get away from a 
 top machine will take a long time for them to get 
 over it. I do not think any horse properly 
 broken nntil he has been nsed without blinds and 
 made familiar with tops, &c. Any horse can be 
 broken to tops at tirst as well as other wagons, 
 
BREAKING AND HANDLING HORSES. 59 
 
 and if you think there is a chance for him to try 
 to run and want to get away, use foot rope at 
 once and you'll never fail to conquer your animal. 
 
 Morses are fearful of falling in a hole, or being 
 deprived of the use of their legs, so when you 
 pull his fi'ont legs andde]>rive him of all strength, 
 the sudden relaxation soon makes him as docile 
 as a lamb. 
 
 In hitching up a young horse that is willing to 
 pull, never allow him to start the entire load, but 
 let the teamster always be careful; as when a 
 young horse pulls too hard he is apt to cause 
 trouble and ruin himself by causing spavin, 
 rupture of wind, blind staggers and a great many 
 other troubles. 
 
To Drioe a Horse With Galoanic 
 
 Battery. 
 
 Tjiko aii> ordinnry battery, (ict copper wires 
 lon^ en(>n«»,h to run IVom \vai»'oii to the hjiriiess 
 sa(l(lU\ IMaci^ a co|)]km' plate two inches S(pia.re 
 under the saddle, then lurn tlie battery on. The 
 horse will show all kinds of motions, but will soon 
 want to leave tlie s[>ot. lie niay go oidy a short 
 distance and stop a^ain, when repeat and start as 
 before. He will soon dislike this as much as the 
 stinu: of a be(^ and will be willin;ii' to start. The 
 battery may also be incased in leather and put 
 between the knee and ankle of tront leg'. I have 
 used this for many years with success on young 
 and old horses that would positively refuse to 
 leave the stable with a light sulky. 
 
HotD to Drioe a Horse. 
 
 TIh5 Wiishin^toii Tost of tin; 17th instjiut con- 
 tjiiiis a colmim uiticle on " how to drive a liorse," 
 cm bracing- tlion^lits sn<^^cstc(l by tlio iatal acci- 
 dent to (japt. Widdiconibe, of Wasliin<:4ton, and 
 advanced by Dr. (\. \l. irollin^sworth, of tliis 
 city. The Post says : "Dr. (J. H. lEollin^^swortb, 
 a veterinary surgeon of Dagerstown, Md., one of 
 the lirst uh\\\ to reacli tlic captain and care for 
 him until tlu? (h)ctors arrived, is convinced that 
 the acciik'nt was fatal in its termination owing to 
 a defect in the bridle on tlie liorse that ran away. 
 Such an accident may liappen to any one, and 
 the observations and conchision (hawn by ]))•. 
 Ilollingswortli are worthy of being remembered 
 and heeded by every man in AVashington wlio 
 owns a liorse or occasionally drives one." Doctor 
 irollingsworth's advice is too lengthy i'or repro- 
 duction at this time. His father was a horse 
 breeder before and it has been a lifetime work 
 with the doctor himself, so that he talks under- 
 standingly on the subject. What he says is of 
 much interest and should be read by every person 
 
43 WILL MAKE YOU $1,000. 
 
 who drives a horse. — From Ha^erstown JEvening 
 Glohe. 
 
 The Washiugtoii Tost of a recent date con- 
 tains the following interview with Dr. HoUings- 
 worth : 
 
 " The safety of human life often bangs upon a 
 very small and apparently trivial affair. This is 
 illustrated in the recent death of Capt. Widdi- 
 combe. Dr. G. 11. ITollingswortb, a veterinary 
 surgeon of Hagerstown, Md., one of the first men 
 to reach the captain and care for him until the 
 doctors arrived, is convinced that the accident 
 was fatal in its termination owing to a defect in 
 the bridle on the horse that ran away. Such an 
 accident may happen to any one, and the obser- 
 vations and conclusions drawn by Dr. Hollings- 
 worth are Avorthy of being remembered and heeded 
 by every man in AVashington who owns a horse 
 or occasionally drives one. 
 
 "Immediately after the body of Capt. Widdi- 
 combe was removed the doctor examined the 
 harness and bridle, and found that the bridle had 
 no kimble-bit, and therein lay the secret of the 
 inability of the driver to control in any manner 
 the movements of his horse. In this case the 
 kimble was fastened in the ordinary or regular 
 driving bit, when there should have been a kimble- 
 bit fastened to it. So when Capt. Widdicombe's 
 horse began to run, and the driver pulled upon 
 the lines, he simply pulled against the horse's 
 
HOW TO DRIVE A HORSE. 4^^ 
 
 uose, and not on his mouth. In fact a halter 
 would have been as serviceable as the bridle that 
 Avas on that runaway horse. The kimble-bit, said 
 Dr. Hollingsworth, holds the horse's head up; 
 and when it is properly applied the driver has 
 perfect control of his horse, and can guide him, 
 or jerk him off his feet even if he is running 
 away. Of course, a horse can be driven by a 
 halter, and this bridle was all right so long as the 
 animal did not frighten. 
 
 Speaking of kimbles in general, the doctor said 
 they were now largely in use. They can be cut 
 of flat leather, and three of them can be made 
 while a harnessmaker is making one side rein. 
 They should be a part of every bridle. 
 
 "Before a driver gets into a vehicle of any 
 sort," says Dr. Hollingsworth, " he should inspect 
 his harness, see that it is all right, and that his 
 animal is properly hitched. Kimbles are useful 
 in many ways, and are essential. It is almost 
 impossible for a horse to kick enough to do any 
 damage with this little thing in use. To kick 
 with great force he must get his head down, and 
 if you'll notice you will see that a runaway horse 
 always gets his head down against his breast. 
 AVithout a kimble on he could get his head down 
 there and you could no more have any effect 
 upon him by pulling on the line than if you had 
 the lines around his shoulder. It would be 
 physically impossible to open his mouth. Yes, 
 
44 WILL MAKE YOU $1,000. 
 
 indeed, side reins and kimbles are indispensable. 
 A horse should not be reined up so as to torture 
 him, any more tlian a man wouhl wear an uncom- 
 fortably high collar. But he should be drawn up 
 to his natural carriage. Without a rein it is an 
 easy matter for a horse to get his foot over the 
 line, or get the line over the shaft while you are 
 talking, and then if he should be frightened he 
 has you at his mercy, and a runaway horse is 
 merciless. Suppose you stop your animal and he 
 has no rein onV The tirst thing he does is to 
 stretch his head out and take it easy. B}^ doing 
 so he gets two or three feet of slack line. Sup- 
 pose now he frightens and jumps? Before you 
 can grab the lines and recover the slack he has 
 six or eight feet start and every advantage. 
 
 "A horse that once runs otf with his driver 
 behind him like this one did may be set down as 
 a dangerous animal. He seldom gets over the 
 fright, and I'll venture j^ou can't get that horse 
 near a buggy now. If he runs off without any 
 one being in the buggy, the case is different; but 
 when his driver is with him and he feels the tug 
 at the lines and knows he has the best of it, the 
 chances are that he will do it again at the first 
 opportunity. 
 
 *' It is absolutely necessary for a man to know 
 the disposition of his horse, and my advice to a 
 probable buyer would be to never purchase a 
 horse until it had been thorous^hlv tested bv an 
 
HOW TO HANDLE A HORSK. 45 
 
 experienced horseman. You can't tell a near- 
 sighted horse by his eye, but you can by his 
 actions, and a near-sighted horse will frighten 
 and shy at the same object day after day and 
 you can't break liim from it. The reason is 
 obvious; he doesn't see it until he gets on it, and 
 is naturally scared. Horses have nerves the 
 same as men, and some of them are nervous, so 
 that it is impossible to break them so they will 
 not frighten at certain objects. I have known 
 animals who trembled and shook at the sound 
 of escaping steam and would fly from it in blind 
 terror. They couldn't help it. They were nerv- 
 ous and born that way. This nervousness is seen 
 in some high-bred speed horses. They can make 
 excellent time in [jrivate or on a track alone, but 
 the moment they encounter the excitement and 
 company of the race they go to i)ieces. 
 
 "The disposition of a horse should also be 
 studied. A high-spirited horse is never a steady 
 worker. He either wants to do all the work or 
 w'on't do any of it, and turns to balking. 
 
 " But, after all," said Dr. Hollingsworth, " horses 
 are not naturally bad. They are the most do- 
 mestic of animals and the most petted. It is bad 
 drivers who make them bad. Men who drive 
 horses should remember this one thing: A horse 
 never stops to plan anything. All that he does 
 he does on the imjmlse, quick as a flash. His 
 
46 WILL MAKE YOU $L000. 
 
 bniiii cannot grasp two things at once, and when 
 you see him doing something he ought not to do, 
 divert his attention from it. The horse forgets it 
 instantly. He can't pay attention to his driver 
 and be about the business of getting frightened, 
 and he knows when he has a friend and a master 
 behind him, too. A nervous man always makes 
 a horse nervous, and of the two the animal gen- 
 erally gets the best of it. Suppose you are out 
 driving, with a bridle properly equipped, with a 
 kimble-bit, as you ought to have, and the horse 
 begins to act badly. How frequently we have 
 seen drivers ' churn ' with the lines and keep see- 
 sawing and crying ' whoa, whoa, w^hoa,' after a 
 nervous fashion. The horse recognizes that kind 
 of a driver. A good horseman never says * whoa ' 
 unless he means for his horse to stop. The 
 I>roper way to do when your horse gets the better 
 ot you is to jirk him violently with the right line, 
 then jirk him back with the left, accompanying 
 it with a sharp 'steady, Dick,' and my word for it 
 that beast will steady down and go about his 
 business. With the proper kind of a bridle a man 
 ought to be able to pull his horses' head around 
 to his side and tangle his legs up so that he 
 would fall if such was necessary to stop the speed 
 of the animal. Kow, Capt. Widdicombe 1 saw 
 drop one line and grab the right with both hands 
 in attempting to turn his horse, but he could not 
 
HOW TO DRIVE A HOR.^B. 47 
 
 move him, for the reason that he had no control 
 of his mouth at all. 
 
 "When a horse shies, nine men out of ten, 
 when they get by the object at which the animal 
 frightened, say, 'I'll give you shy enough,' and 
 lay on with the whip. They only ruin the horse's 
 disposition. The moment he was past the object 
 that frightened him he was all right again, and 
 he does not know why he is being whipped. The 
 time to use the whip is to touch him with it lightly 
 when he shies, speak to him, and let him know 
 he has a friend behind him. Give him confidence 
 in you. 
 
 "There is one thing I would like to impreSvS 
 upon every man who owns a horse, and that is 
 this: If he owns a horse in which he has not the 
 utmost confidence, and behind which he does not 
 feel perfectly safe, dispose of him. He will make 
 an excellent horse for some one else, but not for 
 the owner. If the driver is nervous the horse 
 knows it, and the driver takes risks that he ought 
 not to take." 
 
 Dr. HoUingsworth's father was a horse breeder 
 before, and it has been a lifetime work with the 
 doctor himself, so that he talks understandingly 
 on the subject. What he says is of much interest 
 and doubly so just at this time, when the death 
 of Capt. Widdicombe is fresh in the public mind. 
 
I'iie above cut shows position of getting ready 
 to throw a horse. Having his h^g pulled up, 
 take the rope over his back and hohl fast on the 
 top of his w^eathers. When you arc ready for 
 the tilt, i)un his head to you, keeping it close to 
 
HOW TO DRIVE A HORSE. 49 
 
 his side. If he works you much, put the rein 
 from liis mouth through one ring on your sur- 
 cingle. This will hold him. Now woik to throw 
 him, keeping your elbow pushing in his side. If 
 he does not come down at once, the better for 
 him, and when he does go down he won't feel so 
 strong. Pull his head back to his body as shown 
 in illustration and by holding his head close to his 
 side, no horse can get up, and he can kick and 
 use his legs all he wants, but all in vain. You 
 can now show him a good time with all the noise 
 you wish. To make him familiar, use curry 
 comb, brush, etc., on him. Keep him down until 
 you can let his head go and he will still lie down 
 and 5'ou can curry, etc. 
 
Hancock Biting. 
 
 The above cut will show the vicious bitin*;' 
 stallion Hancock. This stallion was very hard 
 to bridle and would shake yon whenever he could, 
 as a dog would a rat. 
 
 I bought this animal for five hundred dollars, 
 when no one could handle him without great 
 danger. I bought him in Washington, D. C, 
 from a comi)any, and on my way home he came 
 
HANCOCK BITINft. 51 
 
 near killing a colored man at Eockville, Mary- 
 land. 
 
 I fixed lum in a box stall for dinner and fed 
 bim at tbat time. No one was at tbe stable at 
 tbat time, it being Sunday. Tbe colored man 
 in cbarge of tbe stable bad stei)i)ed away so a 
 friend wbo was witb me belped to put tbe teams 
 away, be also driving. On coming out to get 
 ready to continue our journey, tbe bostler saw 
 us coming before we saw bim, so be ran to get 
 tbe teams ready, and on going tbrougb tbe yard 
 we stopped and began a little talk witb tbe botel 
 man, wben all at once we beard loud screams and 
 I suspecting sometbing wrong, ran to tbe stable. 
 Tbe first tbing tbat greeted my sigbt was tbe 
 stallion bolding and sbaking tbe bostler, baving 
 caugbt bim in tbe breast. He wore a full suit of 
 gray clotb, country-made, and strong. I saw I 
 must do sometbing at once. Tbey fed baled bay 
 and many sticks lay around tbe door. I grabbed 
 u[) one of tbese sticks and gave tbe borse a blow 
 over tbe rigbt ear, almost bringing bim to tbe 
 ground, tbis making bim drop tbe man, wbo was 
 out of breatb. I sball never forget bis looks. 
 He weigbed, I suppose, one bundred and sevent^^- 
 five pounds, and a i)ure-bred negro, black as ever 
 I saw\ If ever I saw black turn to wbite tbis was 
 tbe time. His clotbes were torn and be was 
 bruised, but notbing serious. I said to bim are 
 
53 WILL MAKE YOU $1,000. 
 
 you hurt? He replied, "Oh! boss, 1 am ahiiost 
 killed; that is an awful horse, I did nothing to 
 him." 
 
 The halter was off, no bridle on him and I was 
 in a queer fix to know how to get into and get 
 the bridle on him and start. So, not waiting a 
 minute, while he had not fully gotten over the 
 lick I gave him, I entered the stall and slipped 
 the halter over his head, then fastened his head 
 down close to the manger and bridled him and 
 left. I was delighted no blood had been spilled 
 and the only damage was to the man's clothing. 
 I gave him one dollar to replace the stitches. 
 
 After I got the horse home I conunenced work- 
 ing on him. At first I had much trouble Avith 
 him to subdue him, but did it nicely, and even 
 learned him many tricks, to kneel down, whether 
 you would tell him in harness or out of it. 
 
 While I was training him, I had my old hand 
 that had been with me seven years, a colored 
 man, and I had him to pass his hand through his 
 mouth, etc., to get him familiar with him. This 
 man took charge of him and in the four years the 
 horse never bit him. 
 
 I was shipping horses at the time and went to 
 the city and was gone some three weeks. When 
 I returned I took him out one day to show him to 
 some friends. He had forgotten me and, while 
 he stood in front of me, the notion took him in a 
 flash and he jumped at me, took hold and began 
 
HANCOCK BITING. 53 
 
 shaking. I had the butt end of a whip in my 
 hand and I gave it to him whenever I couhl get 
 a lick in. Finally, his hold broke and T was 
 covered with blood. 
 
 I w^as laid up for some time, but the minute J 
 was able, I put liini through the school, you can 
 bet, and after I had given hinj several lessons I 
 never had a better friend. I stood him si)ring 
 and fall and he Avas always handsome, and could 
 tiot a mile any day in two minutes fifty seconds. 
 
 I sold him one year ago to a company for nine 
 hundred dollars. They have done splendidly 
 Avith him and are more than pleased with him 
 and handle and drive him nicely, and have visited 
 here trying to buy some of his colts. He weighed 
 twelve hundred pounds, was sixteen hands high, 
 fine tail, and mane, and chestnut, with no white. 
 
 The way I trained this stallion Avas with kind- 
 ness and i)ostiveness. 1 took gun powder when 
 1 went into his stall, placed it in an ohl piece of 
 leather fastened to my sleeve. 1 went just tar 
 enough to let him come to the length of his chain, 
 so if a little closer he would grab. When he Avas 
 trying to take hold, my man handed me a lighted 
 match. The blaze was out just as he was nibbling 
 at my sleeve. 1 dropped it in the powder; oh, 
 how he jumped from it. The smoke tlcAV in his 
 face. He thought he did it by biting. I then 
 
54 WILL MAKE YOU $1,000. 
 
 tried to get him to take hold; but no, he smelt 
 the powder on my clothes and disliked it. 
 
 We used a pair of old gloves rubbed Avith brim- 
 stone, which he hated, and never wanted to tnke 
 hold of to bite. 
 
 I then gave him lessons with the war bridle and 
 soon had him my family horse and drove nothing 
 else when I took them out for a drive, and all 
 became very much attached to him. | 
 
 1 also used afoot roi)e on him to make him 
 feel his streiigth was weak. 
 
 Stallions on the stand should have exercise 
 every day and be fed solid food, oats and corn 
 mixed. 
 
Hancock Under Saddle. 
 
 The above cut shows the chestnut stallion 
 *' Hancock" in the great democratic rally over 
 Grover Cleveland, ridden by the chief marshall. 
 ITe was the center of attraction. Thousands 
 took [)arton horse hack, w«Tgons, etc. 
 
Shoeing Horses. 
 
 Having had tbe oi)i)ortnnity for twenty years, 
 liaviiiiir liiuHlreds of horses shod yearly, and in 
 many large eities, I shall say at this point I shall 
 n ot abuse the blacksmith and will give my reasons 
 for so doing. 
 
 I have heard many lectures by so-called pro- 
 fessionals, in which the smith was the center of 
 attraction. It is va ell understood that in every 
 town and county you have men dealing in horses. 
 It is their interest to see that their horses are 
 shod properly for the market. If he is a livery 
 man and, in this enlightened day, reading different 
 papers and horse journals, he is prepared when 
 he goes to the shoj) and chances to meet a smith 
 who understands working in iron and ready to 
 be taught, providing he does not know. The 
 smith, if he cannot read a word, soon learns from 
 this class of men to shoe horses, for surely there 
 is enough of them in the country, that no smith 
 will be missed. • 
 
 Its the farmer and the owner of horses who 
 neii'lect tlieir feet as a rule, "allowing shoes to 
 
SHOEING HORSES. 
 
 57 
 
 stay on too long. Horses stand on board floors 
 without any api)liances to their feet until they 
 become dry and hard. They are then taken out 
 and driven with long feet, i)Ossibly thrush in the 
 feet. Horses then get sore in the feet and com- 
 mence to contract at the heel. 
 
 The owner should not think that his labor is 
 not needed with the smith in keeping feet in 
 good shape. You may have a good laundry to 
 which to take your socks. They may be ever so 
 
 HOLDING A HORSE WHILE DOWN. 
 
 clean, but unless you wash your feet and keep 
 
 them clean the socks will not keep out the smell. 
 
 After driving a horse on a hard road or a track, 
 
 his feet shouJtl be stuffed vrith clay or flax-seed 
 
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 meal, wlieu tlie oil has not been abstracted, or 
 cow-dung-. Tbere can be no excuse offered for 
 negligence, for surely one out of the three can be 
 had. 
 
 Some horses have very sensitive feet, like 
 people. Some re(iuire much more attention than 
 others. While some horses will hold a shoe until 
 entirely worn out, others having a thin shell will 
 be the op[)osite. In this case very light shoes 
 should be used and, in fact, horses should be shod 
 accordingly. 
 
 Hind shoes should never be used for front feet. 
 Many farmers buy them because they get more 
 shoes. You cannot level a hind shoe to tit 
 j)ro])erly on the front foot, especially if the horse 
 is inclined to be Hat-footed. 
 
 Never use nails any larger than possil^le. 
 Never rasp above the nails nor burn a horse's 
 foot, only to ascertain where the uneven places 
 are to be gotten level. 
 
 I shall not enter into fancy shoeing, for surely 
 the trackmen and experts are all up to this 
 matter. 
 
 Many farmers had better kee[) shoes from their 
 horses' feet whenever they can, while doing farm 
 work, for it is far better than to allow shoes 
 to stay on too long. AVhere the feet get v^^ry 
 long, I have seen cases of ring bone, toe turning 
 up put in great strain. 
 
 Never trim or pare out the bars or cut the frog. 
 
SHOEING HORSES. 59 
 
 for you take ont the cnsbioii, its exi)ander, and 
 allows the heel to contract. 
 
 Always shoe front i'eet naturally, with flat 
 shoe, so the foot will come down squarely and the 
 tendons will not be strained. 
 
 Always examine your horse more closely in 
 town than country for nails that he may chance 
 to pick up. 
 
 Breathing. 
 
 A developed, healthy horse will take one in- 
 spiration to three of the pulse beats. When he 
 breathes frequently or slower, and when irregular 
 or difticult and laborious, there is one of three 
 diseases. 
 
 Although horses heated from being driven or 
 close stable when hot or when exposed to sum- 
 mer sun, the i)ulse and breathing" valve quick- 
 ens by the heat; on removing him to a cool 
 ])lace will soon abate, and he may be examined, 
 and if from heat, breathino will subside. 
 
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 Pulse. 
 
 The pulse of a horse is felt on the inner angle 
 of the lower jaw, the most convenient place to 
 feel. It it also important to watch his eye winle 
 taking the pulse. 
 
 The state of the i)ulse tells the condition of the 
 heart, whether the disease is of a higher or im- 
 
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 pressed character or whether sickuess is present. 
 If the horse is standing still and his pulse beats 
 tifty-three or more in a minute, he has fever. 
 When pressing on an artery and you feel it 
 empty, or feeble, soft, he has weak pulse. When 
 it feels hard when pressing the finger and when 
 it beats two rapid beats at once, this may be 
 termed a double pulse. In fever the pulse" may 
 change and get higher, generally at noon. 
 
 Temperature. 
 
 The temperature of a healthy horse is about 
 one hundred degrees fahrenheit. Hot weather 
 increases temperature; cold weather, the reverse. 
 Mares higher temperature than horses. Young- 
 horses, high life, good condition, temperature is 
 higher than an old horse, unless the old horse is 
 a strong feeder and digestion is good. 
 
 The most convenient wa^^ to take the tempera- 
 ture is to introduce a thermometer into rectum. 
 Every man who owns stock should always keep 
 a thermometer. It can be had tln'ough any drug- 
 gist or any one dealing in surgical instruments. 
 The self-registering thermometer is the best. It 
 should remain far in the rectum, onlj' leaving 
 room to take a hold to take it out. Leave it in five 
 minutes. Be sure that the mercury is below the 
 temperature mark before inserting it. 
 
HORSES FOOD. 61 
 
 Horses' Food. 
 
 Horses are usually fed three times daily, 
 namely, in the morning, at mid-day and at night. 
 
 It is not possible to state the exact quantity of 
 food a horse requires to keei) him in good work- 
 ing condition. 
 
 In all cases the horse himself tells whether he 
 is getting too much or too little. 
 
 The best feed for ordinary road horses is oats. 
 Ten pounds of hay is a fair allowance; fast woik- 
 ing horses, from 15 to 20 pounds of hay; draft 
 horses, one-third of the hay may be given during 
 the day, the balance at night. 
 
 Horses differ very much in the ((uantity of hay 
 they may eat without inconvenience; in fact, 
 they vary so much in size, age, breeding temper, 
 condition and labor they are called upon to 
 perform, that it is impossible to lix upon any 
 specific rules for feeding them. 
 
 Oats should be bruised for an old horse, but 
 not for a young one, because the former, through 
 age and defective teeth, cannot chew oats prop- 
 erly; the young horse can do so, and it is thus 
 properly mixed with the saliva and turned^ into 
 whol esom e n utri men t. 
 
 Carrots given occasionally will give a line, 
 silky appearance to the coat, and experiments 
 have shown that the best way to feed carrots is 
 to give them with oats. If you are in the habit 
 
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 of feeding fonr quarts of oats to a mess, give two 
 of oats and two of sliced carrots, and the result 
 will be more satisfactory than if each were fed 
 separately. 
 
 Youalt writes of the carrot: " This root is held 
 in much esteem. There is none better, or i)er- 
 haps as good. When tirst given it is slightly 
 diuretic and laxative, but as the horse becomes 
 accustomed to it, the effects ceased to be pro- 
 duced. They improve the state of the skin. 
 They form a good substitute for grass, and an 
 excellent alterative for horses out of condition. 
 To sick and idle horses they render grain un- 
 necessary. They are beneficial in all chronic 
 diseases connected with breathing, and have a 
 marked influence ui)on chronic cough and broken 
 wind. They are serviceable in diseases of the 
 skin, and, in combination with oats, they restore 
 a worn horse more than oats alone." 
 
 It is also advantageous to cho[> hay fed to a 
 horse, and to sprinkle the hay with water that has 
 salt dissolved in it — a teas])oonful of salt to a 
 bucket of water is sufficient. 
 
 Eack feeding is wasteful. The better plan is 
 to feed with hay chopped from a manger; because 
 the food is not then thrown about and is more 
 easy to chew and digest. 
 
 Vetches and cut grass should always be given 
 in the spring to horses that cannot be turned out 
 in the fields, because they are very cool and re- 
 
HORSES FOOD. 63 
 
 fresliing- and almost medicinal in their eftects; 
 but tliey must be supplied in moderation, as they 
 are liable to ferment in the stomach, if given 
 largely. 
 
 As often as once a week a change of food 
 should be made— one feed of cut hay and meal, 
 or cut hny with shorts will do. 
 
 Musty hay on no account should be fed to 
 horses. Let the food be the best of its kind, for 
 in the end it is the cheapest. 
 
 Water for Horses. 
 
 Horses all prefer soft water. They would 
 rather drink from old i)onds, and push the green 
 aside that floats on the ponds, and when they are 
 used to ])ond water it takes days to get them used 
 to drinking clear, running water that is hard. 
 
 Horses properly should be watered three times 
 a day. In warm weather they should be watered 
 the last thing at night, as late as 9 or 10 o'clock. 
 Horses should be watered in the morning before 
 they get their breakfast. 
 
 A horse thirsty never enjoys his dry fee<l, and 
 is not so apt to suffer from colic. If after a 
 hearty meal a horse takes too much Avater into 
 his stomach, it may cause sickness. 
 
 Persons should never water horses while hot. 
 He had better suffer on the road for an hour or so 
 rather than water him out of a well or spring 
 until you can stop and let him cool out thoroughly, 
 
CA WILL MAKE YOU |1,000. 
 
 and even then lie slionld not be allowed to drink 
 without intennission. Have him to take his head 
 from the bueket and breathe several times between 
 swallows. 
 
 Loss of Hair. 
 
 To i)romote the growing of hair, where the skin 
 has been deadened by bruises or rubbing-, take of 
 quinine 8 grs., finely powdered; galls, 10 grs.; 
 powdered eapsieum, 5 grs.; oil of almonds and 
 eosmoline, of each 1 oz.; oil of lavender, 20 droi)S; 
 mix thoroughly and a])ply a small quantity to the 
 denuded ])arts 2 or 3 times a week. Where there 
 is falling out of the hair of the mane and tail 
 take glyeerine 2 oz.; suli)hur, 1 oz.; acetate of 
 lead, 2 drs.; water, 8 oz., to be well mixed and 
 applied by means of a si>onge. 
 
 Halter Pulling. 
 
 Take a ro])e half inch thick, 20 feet long, tie a 
 slip knot in it and put it over his loins and rnn it 
 through the loop under his belly; bring it through 
 his fore legs, up through the halter and tie it to 
 the manger, and when he flies back it tightens in 
 his flanks and will cause him to stop the habit. 
 
 Nothing in Cheap Colts. 
 
 Five years from this time the man who raises 
 common and half-scrub hors(\s for market is 
 going to complain that there is no sale for horses. 
 
CHEAP COLTS. 65 
 
 flis iieigbbor who used only choice brood marcs 
 and chooses the sires with good judgment will 
 continue to hnd some proht in the business. 
 
 Horses are declining- iu price now, as was to be 
 expected from the excessive breeding ofthe last six 
 or eight^'ears, and rough stock has to seek buyers. 
 This state of affairs will doubtless grow some 
 worse, but first-class horses are always wanted. 
 
 Buyers will not look at low grade stock when 
 choice can be had at reasonable prices. 
 
 The depression in cattle led many farmers to 
 raise colts instead, and they have sold some 
 ordinary young horses at good figures, but they 
 will do Avell to study the subject and see if there 
 is any hope of sure profit, for a few years at least, 
 from breeding rough and little mares any longer. 
 
 It is a safe rule to breed only the be^t of any 
 kind of stock. 
 
 Time to Castrate. 
 
 Any time when the weather is warm and the 
 blood in good condition. Never castrate after 
 being sick until perfectly well. 
 
 After stock have been on grass and all fever 
 has been cleansed from the blood, is a very ex- 
 cellent time. 
 
 If flies are bad, carbolic acid and vaseline or 
 lard and gum camphor melted together, and 
 
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 grease well. Take three ounces cami)lior and of 
 lard eight ounces. 
 
 I recommend the ecraseur and every breeder 
 of stock should have one and use on his old 
 stock; old boars or hulls as well as horses. 
 Above all, keep the instrument at all times ]>er- 
 fectly clean. Use tooth brush to clean the chain, 
 taking' it ai)art, and in using tlie ecraseur never 
 be in a hurry and twist the chain fiist; slow and 
 easy will be lound best. Cleanse chain with 
 carbolic acid. 
 
 Castration Ridglings. 
 
 One or both testicles that have failed to come 
 into scrotum. This.nnist be done by one who 
 has special skill with the parts. Some men are 
 especially adapted to ])erfbrm the o[)eration, 
 having a long, slim hand and can enter through 
 much smaller channel and leaving small space to 
 hefil. If instrument and hand should first undergo 
 and aseptic, you take but little risk in having- 
 the work done and can sell the horse for a hig^her 
 ])rice. 
 
 Caution in Feeding Colts Grain. 
 
 Mares with colts soon learn them to eat grain 
 and some colts are great feeders and should be 
 watched. 
 
 Foals will begin to eat grain at a very early 
 
FEEDISTG COLTS (3^RAIN. 67 
 
 age. They leaiii it from theii' mothers, but the 
 latter are sometimes so greedy and seltish as to 
 drive their offsprings from the manger, more 
 especially as the foals grow up. 
 
 The inclination which the yoiini»- jinimal evinces 
 for grain should be fostered by every practicable 
 means, especially when it has attained the age of 
 two or three months. 
 
 If the dam is resolutely oj>i)osed to this measure, 
 it will be desirable that she should be tied up, or 
 secured at a distance from the manger, till her 
 foal has partaken of as much grain as he is in- 
 clined to eat, and this should be oats and bran 
 and not then allowed to be a glutton. <^ 
 
 Rupture in Colts. 
 
 For this disease or trouble with ('olts, I would 
 refer my reader to the instructions on "Kupture 
 in Calves," as found under the heading of cattle. 
 
 HouD to Understand Diseases off 
 
 Horses. 
 
 I am «(> often asked how do you tell the ail- 
 ments of horses and different disease? 
 
 I ean tell you in few words. A shut mouth 
 tells no lies. Nobody is deceived. Nature has 
 l>rovided in its great [)ower, weights and measure 
 that can be used if only you look for them and 
 keep company with a sick animal. 
 
08 WILL MAKE YOU $1,000. 
 
 If a horse should bruise his heel, he will set his 
 foot out. If injured behind, he will show it by 
 resting his leg, etc. If unwell, stopi>age of water 
 or bowels. He will give you to understand very 
 ([uickly as w^ell as other diseases, although many 
 persons go astray and listen to B. and C, and 
 give many things they should not give and mis- 
 take the ailments of the horse. Every man will 
 have Mm different. Many think when a horse is 
 suffering from some stomach trouble, he has over- 
 (juantity of bots. This is all wrong. Never 
 doctor a horse for the bots, as I shall describe 
 hereafter. You will soon see your horse is suffer- 
 ing kidneys, indigestion, colic. 
 
 Its always well to ascertain what the horse has 
 had to eat and when last watered. Sometimes 
 the most simple remedy gives relief in helping 
 nature to throw oft' disease. 
 
 I do not believe in using many strong drugs, 
 unless in heroic cases it is required. Then it 
 should be done with forethought and give your 
 medicine time to act. 
 
 I shall give many valuable remedies, which 1 
 have used, most of them with such results that I 
 feel no hesitancy in asking the reader to use 
 them. 
 
 Horse flesh will decay much sooner than human 
 flesh. Therefore, their organs are slower than 
 man to get over a shock, and if paralyzed with 
 
DISEASES OF HORSES. 69 
 
 strong drugs you may not expect good results. 
 
 The skin of ii horse is very sensitive, you nuiy 
 rub turpentine on your flesh and you do not 
 mind it; put it on a horse and you wouhl think he 
 was in great agony. You cannot make him stand 
 as he will try in every way to relieve himself. 
 
 Marcs Foaling. 
 
 Farmers are more or less acquainted in this 
 direction, keeping the time when service of the 
 horse is performed and by the many signs patent 
 to the eye such as milk running from the bag, 
 flanks seem to fall, tinally the mare becomes 
 uneasy when feeding awhile then whisking her 
 tail. If sound and suple she may lie down until 
 the pain has passed off when she will arise again 
 and then again she may lie down, and with a 
 little twitching and moving of the flanks the 
 water will break; then the fore feet, with the nose, 
 between the knees and a few more pains the 
 colts comes. 
 
 Some mares foal standing the whole time and 
 may not take from 8 to 15 minutes. 
 
 Colts coming too soon, before nature has pro- 
 vided for them to come, is attended with more or 
 less danger to the mare. Should the head get 
 turned back and impossible for the colt to come, 
 greasing your arm well after washing and clean- 
 ing it to remove all poison that may be on the 
 
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 hands, as ^bands have always got poison insects 
 on them that cannot be seen with the naked eye. 
 These insects shouhl they be broken wliile in the 
 mare will soon set np intlammation. 
 
 Now insert your hand until you can reach the 
 colt. Having" a snuiU cotton rope palmed in 
 your hand, it head foremost, get both feet togethei 
 and tie them. Then take the second rope; pnt 
 it around the colt's jaw. If the parts become dry, 
 use plenty of lard. When the mare has ])ain, 
 draw on your ropes. Jf she is standing and is 
 inclined to kick, put her in a narrow stall, place 
 rails behind her that you may be safe in working 
 with her. 
 
 Should a mare be inclined to loose her colt 
 coming before the time, put her in a cpiiet phice 
 and give her opium, U drs. every two hours. 1 
 ])refer the opium as you do not excite the mare in 
 giving it to her. If urgent case, give twice a day. 
 in assisting a nuire foaling, use great judgment to 
 get the colt in right position before you under- 
 take to take it from her. 
 
 Sometimes they have twins. You will be able 
 to tell by the feet. If two are trying to come at 
 onct?, take the one you think you can get best by 
 using the rope and working the other back a 
 little, when the other may come without any 
 trouble. There are some dozen or more ways in 
 which the colt nuiy get twisted, making it ditii- 
 
MARES FOALING. ' 71 
 
 cnlt to foal and in these cases do not delay in 
 gettino^ a man experienced to relieve the mare. 
 
 Never allow horses to be hitched to a mare to 
 take the colt from her. Have the colt taken in 
 ]>arts. 
 
 Inflammation of the BotDels. 
 
 Acute [)ain in the belly, no intervals of rest 
 from pain, rolling, kicking, tramping abont, 
 sweating and breathing fast with great fever and 
 seems much excited. 
 
 Some have mistaken the disease for colic. In 
 colic there may be times of ease from j)ain, but 
 never in this disease. It arises from exposure to 
 cold, drinking cold water in great (piantities 
 when hot being very costive, diarrhoea or pois- 
 oned drugs administered into the stomach. 
 
 Relieve the animal of the pain lirst. Give 
 tincture of aconite root, 30 drs.; repeat in two 
 hours. Tie blankets dipped in boiling water, 
 wring out quickly and apply to the belly while 
 hot. Do so every fifteen to thirty minutes, use 
 injections — hot water, soap, castile, fine salt, 2 
 tablespoonsful every half hour; to be kept up 
 while there is enough strength in the animal. 
 
 Never give purgatives, for you cannot wait on 
 delays. Take no blood from the horse. 
 
 Old Sores. 
 
 When thev are slow in healing take butter of 
 
WILL MAKE YOU |1,000. 
 
 antimony, wash and cleanse tlie sore and take a 
 little mop and touch the sore nicely with the 
 butter of antimony. Then use corrosive lini- 
 ment once a day for tive days. Then grease 
 with gum camphor, 4 oz.; hog's lard, 8 oz. 
 
 This ointment will be good for horses rubbed 
 or chafed by harness and good to dry up the 
 milk of all animals by rubbing their bags. 
 
 Burns. 
 
 Protect immediately from the air bv layers of 
 cotton or wool and pour on carron oil, zinc, oxide, 
 12 parts, vaseline or glycerine and water. 
 
 For foul discharge touch the places with corro- 
 sive liniment. Also use lime liniment. I Avould 
 recommerid last-named liniment to the former. 
 
 To Soften Horses' Feet. 
 
 Fish oil one pint; lard, one ])int. 
 
 To Grow the Hoofs. 
 
 Take salt petre and put in little round sacks 
 made out of thin muslin, till until they are round 
 and tight, with strings to tie at each end; then 
 put water on his legs, so the bags will get wet 
 and run little by little over the hoofs. Use when 
 in the stable. 
 
 The Bots. 
 
 Of the worms which inhabit the body of a horse 
 
THE BOTH. 
 
 the Olio that seems to be tlie eentei' of iittrac- 
 tion is the bot. 
 
 Many owners of horses are niisUMl. Tlie (irst 
 impression on seein<>- a horse witli some stomaeli 
 trouble is tliat he lias the bots. I^his they tiy to 
 relieve, when, in f'net, anythin<;- that would (h;- 
 stroy the bot, would kill th(^. horse. 
 
 I shall not pass this matter hurriedly, so many 
 difterino- on the subject. I have*, noticed closely 
 and write from observation. 
 
 Tlie gad fly lays his eggs during t^ie summer 
 months on the horse's front legs and in fact can 
 deposit them all over the body. Now the pest 
 fly commences to bite the legs of the horse, and 
 in rubbing and licking his legs, these little 
 yellow eggs or nits get into his mouth and are 
 taken into the stomach. There they grow from 
 ten to twelve month*. I1ien they pass from 
 the horse in his dung and in a short time are 
 ready to fall into ranks with the old flies and com- 
 mence their work. 
 
 I believe them to be injuriou*, when they get 
 in large quantities in the stomach, which they 
 will do when horses are in pasture during the 
 grazing season. 
 
 Horses and colts Avill look badly in the hair 
 and get thin and grow little until they get in 
 pasture and begin to pass the bots. 
 
 I have experimented by taking fish brine and 
 washing coUvS' legs and killing the nits and pre- 
 
74 WILL MAKE YOU |1,000. 
 
 venting their stomachs iVoni being loaded with 
 the pests. The brine kills the nits. 
 
 I consider it important to watch the matter 
 and the owner will reap the reward in the devel- 
 opment and health of his horses. 
 
 Some seasons the bot tly seems to be worse 
 than at other seasons. If yon notice your horses 
 and colts look badly in the hair yon can only 
 feed them nonrishing food. 
 
 Chopi>ed feed is very good, and grow the bot 
 nntil it passes from the animal. (lood feed will 
 snstain the bot and he will not worry the horse. 
 It may take a little more feed bnt the animal 
 will grow right along and do nicely. 
 
 The natnral history of the bot is blank in my 
 mind, bnt is hereditary with the horse and it 
 comes into the Avorld with him. The moment of 
 foaling he has the little pest in his stomach 
 much so as a horse live years old. 
 
 He is found attached to the cuticle or insen- 
 sible coating in the upper portion of the stomach 
 not by his head, as is' [)roperly supposed, but- 
 hanging by his tail. 
 
 For a month he has a little orifice, no larger 
 than the point of a cambric needle with which 
 he feeds upon the stomach it can soften down 
 into the chime. This tiny mouth he can close 
 against substances that do not please his appetite. 
 
THE BOTS. 75 
 
 Being- covered witli a scaly, hard coveiin<^, neither 
 caustic or poison will o])erate. 
 
 The grub worm, which has no rclationshii* 
 whatever, is a light yellow woiin that is easily 
 [)assed from the Inu'se and lives among parcels of 
 food acd performs the same ottlceas worms do in 
 children. When multii)lied in great nund)ers 
 cause much uneasiness and irritation, but never 
 cause death. 
 
 I have opened and examined very many horses 
 after death and it is sur[)rising to see how quickly 
 a bot can Ixn-e a liole through the stomach. 
 
 I believe in cases of lun<»- trouble and other 
 diseases when a hoise does not lie down but 
 stands to the last, that he never would lie down 
 before he dies if it were not for the bot, being- 
 sensitive of the rehixation of the stomach and 
 afraid of falling or losing his hold. Jvee})S boring 
 to retain it is what causes the pain Just before a 
 horse dies and will cause him to lie down. 
 
 I have o])ened horses when in line health that 
 had been injured and killed instantly. I have 
 oi>ened them ;in hour afterward and their 
 stomachs looked like they had been shot at with 
 a double l)arreled shot gun. 
 
 r consider it important to wash all colts and 
 horses' legs when brought in for the winter, if 
 not done before with wash as prescribed. One 
 season will convince you of the importance, in 
 addition to good feeding. Should you have ahorse 
 
WILL MAKE YOU $1,000. 
 
 look badly, sulphate of iron aud gentiu root, 3 drs. 
 each mixed, makes 1 dose from once to twice a 
 week, Sin the case may reciuire. 
 
 Colic in Horses. 
 
 This I shall not pass with one or more receipts 
 l)ut shall give enough to satisfy the owner's 
 retpiirements at home and abroad when some- 
 thiuii' must come to his aid at once. 
 
spasmodic Colic. 
 
 All at onvAi he sliukeii liiiiis(df, leaves his i'eed, 
 paws, looks at lils Hanks, as ])oii»tin^ to the 
 disease, stani[)s about and kieking- his l)ella»y with 
 his hind h^gs and then seems a littUi easy when 
 another spasm comes on and he will roll, get on 
 liis back sometimes in trying (o relieve his agony. 
 Drinking cold water when liot, and when used to 
 water not so cold. 
 
 Treatment — lirst give something to heat the 
 stomach, whiskey or warm beer, one oz. of ground 
 ginger. If not better in twenty minutes, give a 
 drench, tincture of aconite, thirty drops, spirits of 
 turpentine, one oz. one bottle of beer or ale. Give 
 injections, warm water, castile soa}), liandfull of 
 fine salt. Then walk him slowly, and to excite 
 the bowels to action. See drenches. 
 
 G. Washington's Colic Cure. 
 
 George Washington's treatment for colic : 
 Take chamber lye, one (piart, make hot, give all 
 in one drench. 1 have used it and it is good. J 
 
WILL MAKK YOU |1,000. 
 
 have saved several tine animals >vlieii nothing- 
 else eonld be had. It' the urine is several hours' 
 old the better. 
 
 Constipation of The BotDels. 
 
 Powdered aloes, one ounce; tincture acointe 
 root, thirty drops; ehlorotbrni, half ounce; give in 
 drench. Injections every hour, and aconite every 
 four hours, until the ])ain lias passed away. 
 Country receipe — horse dung, two quarts, ])our 
 boiling water, three pints, and drench. 
 
 Flatulent Colic. 
 
 Pain is shockingly great, anil in a few hours 
 the bowels soon distend with gas called wind. 
 This seems to kill or paralyze the parvagus and 
 nerve centers, and even the brain. 
 
 You cannot nustake this colic, for the swelling 
 at the flanks point direct cause. Indigestion of 
 food fermentation sets in of carbonic acid gas. 
 The horse and cow cannot belch wind from their 
 stomach as man. 
 
 Colic When From Home. 
 
 Cure if from houie, and cannot get drugs, use 
 chamber lye, as stated, only putting handful tine 
 salt. If this cannot be had, give hog's lard, one 
 pint warm, one and ahalf ounce spirits of tur- 
 
COLIC WHEN FROM HOME. 79 
 
 pentine. Tf you cannot ^et tlie above, give one 
 pint of tobacco juice strong. 
 
 Drug's: Spirits of nitre two ounces, laudanum 
 two oz., ginoer one ounce, peppermint one ounce, 
 etlier two ounces, asafoetida one ounce; give in 
 one i)int of castor oil. 
 
 If not better in thirty minutes repeat. If very 
 much swollen use mustard on the stomach, plas- 
 tering it well in the hair, then cover with 
 newspapers. This will hold tight and draw, mix 
 with water, not vinegai'. 
 
 All having tailed, don't delay in using your 
 tracer and every man who keeps horses and 
 cattle should have one. Measure an ecpial dist- 
 ance from the haunch bone and the short rib and 
 not too high upon the back. Force into dis- 
 tended bowels. Leave the tube then stick and 
 pull out the tracer. Leave tube remain ii' it be 
 for six hours, until all has subsided; then ust^ 
 sticking plaster over the wound. 
 
Pneumonia or Lung Feoer. 
 
 Piieunioniji generally makes its appearance 
 with a cliill. The animal's breathing- becomes 
 rapid, he hangs his head, ref'nses to eat and lops 
 his ears. Inserting the linger in the month it 
 feels hot. Take the thermometer, i)lace it in the 
 rectnm. The temperatnre will raise to lOo 
 fahrenheit liigher. The pnlse is very frecpient, 
 78 to KK), or more a minnte. There is nsnally a 
 dry congh fi'om the beginning. In some cases 
 little strings of blood may be seen in the nostrils; 
 the nostrils are red; the legs are cold; the animal 
 constipated and may be seen to pass mncns; the 
 urine is scanty and a dark color. If the animal 
 has no plurisy, has very little pain. If i>lnrisy 
 accompany the disease, the horse will be restless, 
 sore and show a good deal of distress in moving 
 about. 
 
 To test the case propeily i)ut the left hand flat 
 against the horse's lungs, close the right hand, 
 strike the other. The horse will groan and give 
 way. 
 
 When not familiar with the rej^piratory, place 
 
PNEUMONIA OR LUNG FEVER. 81 
 
 your car to n sound horse than to the sick one. 
 You will soon hear a crackling sound indicating 
 grave trouble. When the ainmal grows worse, 
 breathing nuich worse, flanks heave; with effort 
 the animal kjoks wildly for help; as suffocation 
 becomes more violent he staggers, but (piickly 
 recovers, finally he lies down in the hope of 
 relief; more difficult to breathe when down; he 
 worries himself upon his feet again and frequently 
 leans and stands against the stall luitil he grad- 
 ually goes down. He finally dies of suffocation. 
 A horse may live from ten to seventeen days 
 after he gets sick. AVhen he commences to im- 
 prove and eat and take notice, he will soon over- 
 come the disease. The inflammation begins in the 
 lower part and extends to the upper part of the 
 lung. 
 
 Bandage the horse as far up as possible on the 
 legs. Take one pound of the best mustard, rub 
 his sides and cover that with half newspaper, 
 having rubbed the mustard in the hair well will 
 hold the paper on securely. Do not think because 
 this revives the horse that it will answer. In IrV 
 hours take hot water, ferment the sides, apply 
 again. If convenient to use a blanket di^jped in 
 hot water and kept closely to his sides will also 
 be good. If both lungs are eftected it may be a 
 fatal case, the formation of abscess or gangren 
 or mortificatiorj. 
 
 Much depends on good nursing and good 
 
82 
 
 WILL MAKE YOU |1,000. 
 
 jiulfi^iiient. Give all the cold water he will drink, 
 [>iittiiig' in each bucket of water 3 drs. of bicar- 
 bonate of potassuini. Give (juinine in capsules 
 also the carbonate. Do not mix the two together. 
 Give separately every hour and a half. Some 
 horses will drink sweet milk. Give from three 
 to tive "fallons a da v. If the milk is not very 
 ]>ure add a dozen and a half eggs to the milk 
 during the day, say four eggs each time. Try 
 the horse on mashes, and in the winter when 
 green food cannot be had, give corn fodder, and 
 do not omit rubbing his k\gs several times a day 
 until they are hot. Mortitication and gangrene 
 of the lungs means the death of the horse. 
 
Strangles. 
 
 This is jui infection contnieted from other 
 animals, or may be from feedint;' or liitehin^ 
 where a sick animal lias been. They have fever 
 for several days before it shows a clear case. It 
 is often taken for distemper at the beginnin<;. 
 
 Young horses are most subject from three to 
 live years old. Vov this leason you drive or ship 
 them around at this age where they can contract 
 it. They have it bur once, like children with 
 mumps or measels. It seems to belong to the 
 young animals as distemper, etc.; but ordy worse, 
 and has often proven fatal if neglected, and may 
 cause him to be heavy in the wind. 
 
 Api)ly hot poultice to the neck and steam with 
 hot water, and, if you can get it, use unslaked 
 lime. Put sheet over his head and let him have 
 the benetit of the steam. Flax seed meal, with 
 little lard, makes good poultice. (^)uinine or 
 aconite should also be given. If the breathing is 
 hard, u«e nuistard on the sides to prevent any 
 lung trouble. AVhen any large lump has made 
 its appearance, it should be o])ened and let pus 
 
84 WILL MAKE YOU $1,000. 
 
 out. Xever use strong* blisters in this ease and 
 take good eare of him when he is getting over a 
 bad ease that he does not take cohl for he will be 
 like old i)^(^ph^ gettinfj over the grip — can be 
 " asily set back.'' Feed good nourishing food 
 Avhen able to eat, but feed all soft food while sick. 
 Even soak his hay; give bran mash and fodder, 
 is good to help kee[) his bowels in good shape. 
 
Weak or Inflamed Eyes. 
 
 Nothing' bas been more trying' of kite years 
 witb farmers tban weak eyed borses and so many 
 percberon tind ball" l)reeds, 1 bave seen, b)se 
 their eyes when young- at work. I have tried to 
 solve the matter and Avill give some idens I have 
 arrived at in the matter. 
 
 First, they fatten very easily and, of eonrse, 
 make plenty of blood. Most fjirmers who bave 
 large borses keei) large eollars. Now, the colt 
 does not 1111 tliem close, so a collar i)ad is used to 
 keep the shoulder from the leather and make it 
 lit better. This makes a nice tit, so close that 
 the jugular vain is very much ])ressed, causing 
 the blood to flow to the eye and acts just like a 
 strap fastened around the neck when about to 
 bleed. This strain of horses l)reak very easy and 
 stay up in the collar with his fat neck, for all are 
 fat, when they go to work as a rule, so Avith this 
 pressure to inflame the eye and grain. 
 
 I have drawn this idea from the fact I ha\'e 
 seen many colts broken in Virginia where they 
 had run to straw diuMu^ the winter and little 
 
86 WILL MAKK YOU |1,000. 
 
 graiu and fodder broke in tlie spiing-, and bad no 
 tronble like tbose raised in MaryUmd and Penn- 
 sylvania. 
 
 I wonld advise tbose wbo want to keep yoiin<>' 
 animals ibr tbeir own use to not keep tbem fat 
 when you use tbem lirst and second summer 
 until tbey bave formed a neck for tbe collar and 
 lost tbe siu'phis tiesb or colt neck Tbere are 
 many ways to take care of a bad eye. Tbe most 
 important is to learn wbat caused it, and tr> to 
 assist nature in restoring- it. 
 
 I bave used for weak eyes my eye Avasb, and if 
 bad case put a seaton in l)ack of tbe eye six or 
 seven incbes long* in tlie skin, running it along 
 just wbere tbe cbeeks of tbe bridle would come 
 if on bim, starting tbe seaton side of tbe bead, so 
 it will be one incb above tbe eye and two incbes 
 from tbe eye, so go by tbe bridle and you can 
 nuike no mistake. 
 
 Always examine for wbeat beards, splinters 
 under tbe eye lids. Sweet cream is good for 
 bruises, etc. (See eye wasb.) 
 
Scratches and Stoelled Legs. 
 
 Tins is very common and keei>s man^^ a good 
 horse out of market' When in this condition 
 it commences witli <>Teat beat, ankle swellino, 
 horse gets stiff and sometimes lame. Soon it 
 breaks and gets very deep jnst under fetlocks. 
 
 Give one and kalf pounds epsom salts, four 
 drams aloes, then give oats scalded, one pait 
 bran, two parts water. If in the country, feed 
 fodder with mash. If the horse is very much 
 down, give him good chop feed and good condi- 
 tion powders, or arsenic four grains, with one 
 and a half drams bicorbonate of soda. Once a 
 day use wet linen bandages. To lub down the 
 swelling use zinc ointment or vaseline, two 
 ounces; sugar lead, one dram and a half; and 
 carbolic acid, fifteen drops. AVash after exer- 
 cising. 
 
 Should he get dirt or sand about his feet, use 
 castile soap and hot water. Put large handful 
 coarse salt in water. fSee also, ointments for 
 scratches.) 
 
Cut Eijelids or Warts. 
 
 SliouUl be liave warts on or about bis lids, cut 
 tbeui witli sbarp knife. First tbread a needle 
 and pass it tbrougb tbe wart, tben pull tbe wart 
 and cut out. If lids are cut or torn take them 
 up and be sure you bave tbe ends come together 
 nicely so they will not pucker, after they get 
 well. If you take several ordinary pins and run 
 them through the torn place and with a silk 
 thread wrap around the pins like a tigure eight. 
 
 Salve made of bog's lard, carbolic acid, will 
 soon heal up, and the ointment should not be 
 used if cut is close to the eye, that it might get 
 into eye and cause him to rub and open tbe cut. 
 Cold baths are good, or zinc ointment. 
 
 Ring Bone. 
 
 This is N ery serious when it takes bold of the 
 horse, and should be treated before there are 
 large deposit of bouey growth. 
 
 Make an ointment one dram of the crystals 
 with two ounces of vaseline rubbed in every day 
 
RING BONE. 89 
 
 for six days. I would advise yon try last receipt, 
 say Spanish tly blister, with iive grains of bini- 
 odide mercury. Some persons do not like to 
 have you use the fireiron on some pets. Then I 
 use blisters, but of all for safe and speedy work, 
 use fireiron and burn deep and as often as the 
 case may require. 
 
Bone Spauin. 
 
 Like ring boho, Jiiul treat the same. (See rinor 
 bone.) 
 
 Blood Spaoin and Throughpins. 
 
 l^^aily stage use iodine and aconite root, equal 
 part.". If not better in five days, use good blister. 
 (See ointments.) 
 
 Hcaces. 
 
 This disease is indicated by a short, dull, spas- 
 modic cough and a double jerking movement at 
 the flank during expiration. 
 
 If a horse suffering from this disease is allowed 
 to distend his stomach at his ])leasure, with dry 
 food entirely and then to drink cold water as 
 much as he can hohl, he is nearly worthless. 
 iUit if his food be moistened and be allowed to 
 drink a moderate cpiantity at a time, the disease 
 is much less troublesome. 
 
 To remedy this complaint, use chopped feed 
 aud long straw; no corn. In chopped feed give 
 
H RAVES. 91 
 
 an ounce of jjowdered sulphate of iron, gentian 
 and gin<>cr root, making three ounces in all. 
 Give in feed. Tf he refuses to eat it in the feed, 
 take one pint of warm water and give it to the 
 horse for five days, then give five grs. of arsenic 
 once in twenty-four hours; then, after a week's 
 intermission, conmiencing as before will soon 
 cure many cases. 
 
 Give the animal feed iu small hulk. Take a 
 whiskey barrel, i)ut in live pounds of tnr, stir it 
 up with water, then fill the barrel to the to]». 
 When the tar settles, the water gets clear, skim 
 the toi) off and water the horse from the barrel. 
 Rain water is best to fill the barrel. 
 
Hide Bound. 
 
 'Vo lecriiit n hide-bound liorsc, give nitrate 
 |)()tiissiji (or saltpetre) 4 o/.; crude antimony, 1 
 oz.; suli)lun*, :1: of a pound. Nitrate of i)olassia 
 and antimony should be iinely pulverized; then 
 add tlie su]i)luu' and mix the whole well to<^"etlier. 
 Dose — a, tablespoon ful of tliis nnxture in a bran 
 mash (hiily. I^\M\negreek. 
 
 Hool^ Bound. 
 
 (;ut down several lines from the eoronet to 
 the- toe, all around the hoof, and till the cuts 
 with tallow and soa]) mixed; take otV the shoes 
 and if yon can spare him, turn the animal into a 
 wet meadow where his feet will be kept moist. 
 Never remove the sole nor burn the lines down, 
 as this increases instead of diminishes the evil. 
 
 Hoofi Quarter Cracked. 
 
 JMjiny ])lans have been devised by Avhich to 
 heal a (piarter crack, such as scoring- with a knife, 
 blisterin«j;-, cuttinij; with a sharp, hot iron, riveting- 
 
HOOF QUARTER CRACK KI>. 93 
 
 and tlie like, all of whicJi in many eases have 
 proved a failure. Jf the followiiijj: dii'cetions are 
 r(>lh>\ved, the fore fe(*t will ]Ht sound in tlu'ee 
 months. 
 
 Al)Ove the eraek an<l next to tlie hair, eut with 
 your knife an ineision one-Iialf incli long- eross- 
 wise of tlie eraek, and ahout one-fourtli ineli (ke]). 
 Now from the ineision (haw a line one-fourth 
 ineh eaeh si(h.*, parallel with the eraek. '^J'Ikmi lay 
 as mueh gun j)owdei- in the eraek as it will hold 
 and toueh with a hot poker. This will harden the 
 hoof and eause it to round out very fast; shoe 
 witl] a bar slioe; keep Ins feet well greased with 
 eosmoline, greasin**- an ineh above t\nt hair so it 
 will take some time to run down o\'er the hoof. 
 
Thrush. 
 
 This is a discharge of very offensive luatter 
 from the cleft of the fro^-. It is iiitlainination 
 of the lower surface of the sensible frog- and 
 during' which jnis is secreted together, with or 
 instead of horn. In its treatment almost any 
 astringent substance will check thrush in its 
 earlv staae. Corrosive liniment sure cure. 
 
 -f^' 
 
 Stoppage of Urine. 
 
 Symptoms: Frequent attempts to urinate, 
 looking around at his sides, lying down, rolling 
 and stretching. 
 
 Sweet spirits of nitre, two oz., in a half pint of 
 w^arm water. If not relieved in an hour, half 
 dose. Home remedy: Watermelon seed, half a 
 tea cup, boiled in a half pint of water strained 
 and give w^arm. Hot coffee, 1 pint, turpentine, 1 
 oz., for ten days teaspoonful saltpetre once a day 
 in feed. In giving the nitre, take a peck of 
 brand, pour boiling water over it, put in a bag 
 and place on his loins. 
 
NAIL IN THE FOOT. 95 
 
 Nail in the Foot. 
 
 A nail in ii horse's foot or auy sharp iustru- 
 ineiit that may i)enetrate is liable to cause great 
 trouble, especially if punctured near the center 
 of the foot. Nothing- will be found better than 
 to have the hole opened up so any blood or pus 
 can come out. 
 
 i\}>ply corrosive liniment; dry it in with a hot 
 iron, and be sure that you hold the foot up and 
 have the hole so open that the liniment will 
 reach the bottom. Take some cotton bat, i)ut in 
 the hole; pour on some more liniment and stuff 
 the foot with flax-seed meal. Dress the foot 
 each day, taking out the cotton and using the 
 liniment as before. With this treatment I never 
 lost a horse in my life by lock-jaw. Never put off 
 the treatment one hour after discovering the 
 wound. 
 
 Bleeding. 
 
 Bleeding horses seems to be one of the things 
 of the past. Physicians have done away with 
 bleeding, believing it to ^\eaken the system and 
 vital enemies. I do not care to dispute or say 
 anything in the matter as regards human beings 
 for in treating them there is a vast difference in 
 treating horses. I do not believe that a small 
 quantity of blood taken from a horse in case of 
 being effected by heat, inflammation of the 
 
96 WILL MAKE YOU $1,000. 
 
 bowels would not be injurious. The amount of 
 blood to be taken at any one time will depend 
 how long the disease has been runnino-. 
 
 Founder makes the blood very black and should 
 be kei)t running until color changes to a pretty 
 red. The ])roper place to bleed is in the neck 
 vein or jugular. x\fter the strap is juit on the 
 vein will swell, then put your lance tw^o inches 
 and alialf down the neck, where the two branches 
 of the vessels unite. Put j'our lance lengthwise 
 with the vein. If spring lance, thin neck horse, 
 set your lance so it will not cut through the 
 inner wall of the vein. Some persons never 
 fasten the lips of a cut together. It should be 
 done with a pin passing through the skin, bring- 
 ing the edges together. Pull out a few^ hairs of 
 the mane, wrapping it around the pin. Having 
 wet the hair, now tie and cut the ends ofi'. Wipe 
 the neck off clean tmd in two days after take the 
 pin out, holding the hair so you do not pull the 
 lips apart. 
 
A Subduing Bridle for the Whole 
 
 World. 
 
 The cut oil next page rej)i'esents my patent bridle 
 so sinii)le and yet so effective and so mauimotli in 
 its work that the most vicious colt or horse can 
 be made almost instantly to know his master and 
 how to obey him. 
 
 And not mitil this is done are you ready to 
 handle your horse. It will make a horse stand 
 to be shod, to be curried, harnessed, broken to 
 steam, unsurpassed for stallions, teaching colts to 
 lead and turn at the pull of the lines when har- 
 nessed. 
 
 1 cannot use language strong enougii to fully 
 describe its great value and usefulness. AVhen 
 used twenty minutes, you will be astonished at 
 its unsurpassed value. It is so dilllerent from 
 other appliances you have seen; can be used 
 twenty times a day and never hurt or rub the 
 animal and at the same time teach him to be the 
 warmest friend yon ever had. 
 
 You soon have him to follow and obey every 
 
98 
 
 WILL MAKE YOU |1,000. 
 
 cominaiul. You will teach liim to back by simply 
 ^ivin;:;* the cord a slight jirk and by |)ullin<>: on it 
 will teach hiin to come to you at the word always 
 used youvseU* to speak when you want him to (h) 
 anythin<^- so he will leaiii the word also. 
 
 This bridle shoukl be used on every stallion 
 when you w^ant one under control and to listen 
 to his master. For colts it is invaluable. You 
 soon have pertect control of his head and neck 
 
A SUBDUIN(^ BRIDLP:. 
 
 90 
 
 and when you get liini in harness you will see the 
 wonderful working. 
 
 You can guide and liold him, for lie has been 
 subdued and become gentle, for blacksmiths and 
 
 all who shoe horses should use one. You do 
 away with twitch tongs ui)on his nose, also 
 whipping and kicking in trying to get him to 
 stand. 
 
100 WILL MAKE YOU $1,000. 
 
 ITorses liavd ioenrry or linrnoss can hv (Mitirely 
 br()k(Mi and l)0('()nu> (iiiirt . 
 
 Kacc horses that will bite when hein<;" rubbed 
 will beeonie i;entle and yon can ns(* it as stated 
 whenever th(* oeeasion re(iuires with as mneli 
 eoniloii to the animal as his i'(\i;nlai' diiving 
 bridle'. 
 
 It. is ])erreetly eonifortable unless he does sonie- 
 lhini>re(]uirini>you to correct liini. Wlien you do 
 so you never liave (o ^o to his head to relieve 
 him of pain, lor Hk^ bridh* adjusts itself. 
 
 Workiui^" on rollers, it is impossible for any 
 l>art to hohl fast unless you want it. l>y pulliui; 
 the eord ti.i;ht and tie a hK)]) bi^tween the* bit and 
 rollers on the left side, you will liave him to stand 
 like in harness, the eord over tlu^ nc^'k holding' 
 his head in ])osition. 
 
 In usini;' the bridle for lirst time, use your whip 
 to touch him u]> and teach him to be (puck and 
 follow you, rii^ht and left, as you may turn. 
 
 If a runaAvay animal and you e\i)ect (hinder, 
 take a. strap one inch wide after usin^*;' break 
 bridle, makini;- it as loni;- as your driviuii,- bridle. 
 r>rini>- the vud of the strap through your bit, 
 which nuist be a sua tile, brin^ini;- the ends throui»h 
 from the inside. Now sow or rivet rings on 
 eacli end larger than on the bit and fasten the 
 lines in these rings. When you pull you liave full 
 
A Slini)lIIN(J HRIDIJv 
 
 101 
 
 control and liold jiny liorsc in the world that can 
 1)0 liold by any snc^h power, unless it he ji litty or 
 dnnd) animal. 
 
 Palcnt applied (or Mareli r)lh, 1S!)1>. 
 
Cattle. 
 
 I would not think of closing- my book witliout 
 saying' a few words about the ox, of which mention 
 is nuide in the oUlest liistory of the workl, the 
 Bible. 
 
 The ox belongs to the class mamnuiUa, animals 
 having teats; the order rnminant}((, chewing 
 their food a second time; the tribe horidae, the 
 ox kind; the (;eni s bos, the horns occupying the 
 crest, i)rojecting at first sideways and being 
 l)orous or cellular withii:. Distinguished accord- 
 ing to their teeth, they have eight hiclsors or 
 cutting teeth in the lower jaw and none in the 
 upi)ei'. They have no tusks, but they have six 
 molars or grinding teeth in each jaw and on each 
 side, making 32 teeth in all. 
 
 The native country of the ox, reckoning from 
 the time of the tlood, was the plains of Ararat, 
 and he was a domesticated animal when he issued 
 from the ark. The earliest i-ecord we have of the 
 ox is in the sacred volume. Even in the ante- 
 diluvian age, soon after the expulsion from Eden, 
 the sheep had become the servant of man; and it 
 
CATTLE. 103 
 
 is not impro})abl(3 that tlie ox was siihjii^ated at 
 tlie same time. 
 
 Tlie records oj' profane history confirm this 
 account of the early domestic^ation and acknowl- 
 edged value of thfs animal, for it was worshiped 
 hy the lOgyptians and venerated amon<;' the 
 inhabitants of India. ^J'he parent race of the ox 
 is said to have been much lar<i^er than any of the 
 j)resent varieties. 
 
 The ox, in his wihl state at least, was an enor- 
 )nous and tierces animal and ancient le<>'ends have 
 thrown around him an air of mysteiT. In the 
 eailicst and most authentic account that we 
 possess of the Hritish Isles, wc learn that the 
 IJritons i)ossessed great numbers of cattle. No 
 satisfactory description of these cattle occur in 
 any ancient author; but they, with occasional 
 excei)tions, possessed no great bulk or beauty. 
 The breeds of cattle, as they are now found in 
 (Jreat Britain, an* almost as various as the soil 
 of the different districts, or the fancies of the 
 l)reeders. 
 
 At the present day we have as tine cattle as 
 can be found across the waters, in fact we can 
 find sale for our cattle across the waters, especially 
 the fat cattle. I shall n(jt speak of any particular 
 breeds of cattle to breeil from; our breeders differ 
 so, some liking one breed and some another, 
 
104 WILL MAKE YOU |J,000. 
 
 while some are used for their milk, others for 
 the market. 
 
 The a<i:es of cattle are told by the teeth and 
 horns, while the horns are not accnrate, especially 
 ill a heifer, shonld she take ny at two years. In 
 the bnll the horns differ from the general rnle. 
 The heifer will show one v'lug at three years, the 
 bnll at five years. When a calf is one month okl 
 it has eight milk teeth on the lower jaw. All 
 cattle are free from teeth on the ni)i)er Jaw, hav- 
 ing* only nippers on the lower Jaw. When eigh- 
 teen months old they have lost the milk teeth 
 and have two large nii)pers in the center in front. 
 When two years old, fonr large ni])pers; three 
 years old, six large nippers; one millv tooth at 
 each corner. AVhen fonr years and past they 
 have a full month, having lost all their milk 
 teeth. They then have a good mouth, that the 
 buyer can go by till ten years old. After that 
 time, the teeth shrink and separate and so con- 
 tinue to wear down in the gums until there is no 
 accuracy of telling their age. It greatly dei>ends 
 on how they are taken care of in the m iimer of 
 feeding and exposure. 
 
Feeding Cattle. 
 
 The ('0118111111)11011 of food depeiids upon the 
 l)reed and mjike of cattle. Cattle with a round 
 barrel will keep on less feed than one the oi)po- 
 site make. I do not want to put mjself iii) 
 against old feeders and cattle breeders, for their 
 ways are well established and years of experience 
 have led them to proper conclusion what and 
 how they shall feed. 
 
 The less cows are exposed to rough weather, 
 they will give more milk and remain more healthy 
 and keep in good condition. 
 
 Cattle should be watered during the winter 
 after breakfast and at 4 o'clock in the evening. 
 I believe in regular feeding to keep continual 
 flow of milk, also iiesh; and this will keep stock 
 in healthy condition; what cattle eat has to per- 
 form many functions. I believe to keep them 
 perfectly healthy cannot be accomplished with- 
 out mixed food. 
 
 Cows, where fed high, should have their feed 
 lessened three weeks before calving. Fat cows 
 ^re more liable to cJllf 9V puerperal fever. 
 
10(1 
 
 WILL MAKE YOU |1,000. 
 
 'V\w UMUuwv of milking- cows is oiu^ so liii>iily 
 iini)orlanl to llu' owium- of cows, more so ])ossibly 
 ihan llicv iinn^inc. A slow, carchvss milker will 
 «lry 11)) the b(\st milker. 
 
 'riuM'c is much sli^lit in hciiii; (he best milker 
 and havin<;" the [)ro])er mip and milking- re«i:nlarly 
 as the milk Hows (h)wn into the teat, without too 
 much jerking" and not allowini; the t(*at to ^et 
 too full between the i^rip of the teat. 1 think 
 the occupation l)elou.ns to the (hviry maid alone. 
 
 (\>ws sliould never be dri\(Mi lonn' distance to 
 pasture, if you expect a i^'ood (low of milk. 
 
 in teiHlin*;' calves, the work is i;-en( rally done 
 by tlu* wonuMi o( (he farm, who thoroughly uuiUm'- 
 s(and all abou( the milk and should be V(mt 
 careful to never <»ive them sour milk, as it will 
 uive tluMu the scours, especially in warm weather, 
 
Diseases ot' Cattle. 
 
 (■uttle (liscasijs ;ire, in injiiiy p;irlic.iil;u's, similai* 
 to lliosc of llic horse. Still llicrt^ jirc^ niany 
 (lis<!jis(\s ('n'(.'(ttin<; cattle, in wliich wc (ail to (ind 
 a counteipart, in any disease? attack in;; horses. 
 Anion;^' such diseases, we may UK^ntion those of 
 rinderpest, nnmain and hhujk h;;;'. 
 
 It nnist he lenu^nihered hy ev(;ry person who 
 und(Mtakes lo •^ive medicine to <;attle, that they 
 have lonr stomaches. Vov this I'eason, catth? 
 shonld, nndei' vvvAy condition, he tic^ated with 
 mediciiui in n fluid t'onn onli/, so that it niay |)ass 
 from one stomach to anothei* without injniy and 
 in the shortest possible time. IJy ;;ivin;;' medi- 
 cine in tJM'. form of a, soI'hI, in places of its lindin^' 
 its way into any of tin? stomachs, it is more liki^Iy 
 to i)i'eak thron^^h the llooi' of tlu^ ;;idh't, thus not 
 only losin;^ tln^ meclicine, i)nt al times desti'oy in i;' 
 tlie animal. 
 
 In cas(^s of abHC(;ss, tumors, sor<is or idcers in 
 cattle and where the des(;ription and treatment is 
 not full enou;>]i oi* not ^iven at all, the reader is 
 re<piested to t uiii to the diseaK(\s of tin? liorse, in 
 
108 WILL MAKE YOU $1,000. 
 
 the preceding i>ai't of this work, Avhere lie will 
 iind ample information upon the subjects. 
 
 In my remarks npon the diseases of cattle, I 
 will only speak of those that may come in every 
 day occurrence and may be treated by the former 
 or unprofessional if they will pay close attention 
 to what they Iind in this little manuel. 
 
 One of the commonest of diseases, but most im- 
 portant I will speak of first, that of milk fever. 
 
Milk Feoer. 
 
 This disease rarely occurs until the auiuial has 
 attained mature age. There are few diseases 
 that the farmer dread more than this, the lirst 
 symptoms of which show in from one to six days 
 after parturition an^l is shown by a weakness and 
 finally loss of power in the hinder parts. 
 
 Cows that are in high condition are more subject 
 to this fever than thin. bony cows, and those calving 
 in the summer season are more liable to the fever 
 than those calving in winter or cold weather. If 
 we find that our cows before calving are fat and 
 bowels light, we should giv^e them a pound of 
 epsom salt and keep their bowels open a week or 
 more before calving and for six or eight da>s 
 thereafter, with warm slops after calving. 
 
 In the treatment of this fever, do not dehiy. 
 One ounce of pure opium in powder; tincture of 
 aconite rcot, oO drops; spirits of nitre, 1 ounce; 1 
 pt. corn meal, mix all with warm Avater into a 
 thin gruel and give in one dose. Keep the head 
 wet with cold Avater or ice cracked and i)ut in a 
 bag, give the aconite 30 drops every four hours. 
 
no WILL MAKE YOU $1,000. 
 
 until six (loses have been given. It* constipated, 
 give one pound of ei)soni salts, half tea cui) of 
 molasses; ginger, one ounee. 
 
 (live plenty of eold water, [>lenty of air, and 
 do not allow her to remain too long on one side 
 without turning. Use external mustard, half 
 pound, mix with aqua ammonia and water, ecpial 
 ])arts, rubbing it well into the hair along.the back 
 and loins, then cover with newspaper, sticking 
 the paper on to the mustard, taking care to keep 
 the cow (piiet and by herself, and she will get 
 well. In the treatment here given 1 have been 
 most successful. 
 
Colic and Bloating. 
 
 Colic is caused by tlie animal liavin^ eaten 
 lar<4e (luantities of young grass or clover, tnrnii)s 
 or cabbage, wliich by fermentation generates gas, 
 which greatly disturbs the hauiK^h and leftside 
 of the belly, causing great ])ain to tlu^ animal, 
 and frecjuently threatening suffocation. 
 
 If the cow is very lieavily bloated when dis- 
 covered, at once use your trocar in the left side 
 midway between the last rib and tlie point of the 
 hij) bone, about twelve inches from the center ()f 
 the back or loins. In case you have not a tro<;ar, 
 which I advise all farmers to keep, then use the 
 knife. 
 
 In case you «lo not have to wse instrument, and 
 cau give medicine, then give half oz. cloride of 
 lime; one oz. labelia; half oz. mustard; i)ut in 
 enougii water that it may be administered. If 
 the animal is subject to colic, then give my horse 
 'f\r\d cattle powders. 
 
Diarrhoea and Di|cSCiitcrij. 
 
 (-atthnnT IVtMiucnlly siihjtM'i lo lliis disoaac, 
 iwu'ticnlnrly in IIm' spiin;n nv1i*'i» Hk' iL;rass is youn^" 
 i\\\{\ soil. ('ai\('s ;^^(^ cspccinlly siibjccl lo lliis 
 disease, juhI il ol'lcn |U(>\<'s fnlnl 1«> IImmii. So 
 lon;i»* as llio calf is IIncIv and Ircds well, llio 
 tarincM' need i'eel no alarm for him. 
 
 TIh^ symploms sire loo well known to re<|nire 
 any deseriplion. In the early stjii^cs of this 
 (Tiseasi^ wliert^ a^rnel of llonrand pre|>ared ehalk 
 nnxe<l will not^ answer, liien nse Hie followini;' 
 powder Iwiee ;i {\a\, ni^^Id and morning: IMdvei- 
 izi'd eatt'ehn, opinm and jamaiea. j^in^'ei, of ea<'li 
 half an onnee; i)repare<l <-halK, one onn<'e; mix 
 and divide into twehe p<>w(lers. 
 
 In ease it shonlil run into <lysenteiy, <;i\t» of 
 ealonu'l, p<»wdered opinm and i;nm eamphor, of 
 each on(^ draehm three limes daily; or ^iv(^ one 
 drachm of the extract of belladonna, three times 
 a day, dissolved in water. DystMdery can be 
 told U\ the blood\ diseliarii'e and inflammation. 
 
Rabies. 
 
 In case any animal alMicted with liydiopliobia 
 should j[»et {j.nion^' the herd of cattle, the only 
 tiling- to do is to at once open the wound with a 
 knife, and then cauterize the wound with lunar 
 caustic, caustic potash, oi- the per-nian^^anate of 
 |K>tash, taking special care that eveiy scratch 
 made by the infuriated animal be carefully 
 treated. 
 
 Lice. 
 
 Cattle are very subject to lice, when they are 
 neglected and half starved, and become poor and 
 rough haired, for lice do not feel at home on the 
 skin of a sleek-haired, well-fed cow. From being 
 lousy to becoming mangy is but onci single stei). 
 Take the cow and wash her with the following 
 wash, using a horse brush: I\Iake a strong iU\- 
 coction of tobacco water. Stems from a cigar 
 factory may be used; then to one (piart of the 
 tobacco water add one ounce of white hellebore; 
 three ounces of sulphur flower; mix all well 
 together; wjush one side of the cow and if she 
 
114 WILL MAKE YOU $1,000. 
 
 does not ^ct sick, then wash the cow all over; 
 hut if she should get sick, then wait until the 
 next <hiy. One or two ai)plications are generally 
 all that will be required. 1 would reconunend 
 my condition powders to be given night and 
 
 morning. 
 
 Caloing. 
 
 On the subji^ct of calving in its dilt'erent stages, 
 I wouhl vvi'vY my reader to the article on mares 
 foaling in the i)receding pages, as the treatment 
 is siniilai". 1 would remind you that you should 
 be \ ery careful and not allow the cow to eat her 
 net, which is a violation of nature. Mares being- 
 cleaner will never eat their net. Cows frequently, 
 by not being well salted, will cause them tirst to 
 lick the calf, and next to eat the net. Give, 
 after calving, epsom salts, one pound; ginger, 
 two ounces; aconite, tifteeu drops. 
 
 Goto Itch. 
 
 When the feet become sore between the toes, 
 and ankles swell, keep in the dry and use corrosive 
 liniment night and morning for four <lays. Sure 
 cure. 
 
 Teats. 
 
 Teats of milk cows give a great deal of trouble. 
 Certain stoppages preventing the flow of milk 
 
TEAT8. 115 
 
 through its chaiincl. One of the ohsfrnctioiis 
 which you can feel rcsenibli^sM lianl imbblc. Use, 
 if possible, a milk sj|>h()n. In case yon have not 
 the instrunuint, then use a knitting needle, not 
 having it too sliarp on the end. l*nsli ^^cntly 
 through the obstruction. This may luive to lie 
 done from ten to fourteen days, going through the 
 operation threes times a day, till nature; has (mce 
 more erased its obstruction. 
 
 Warts are also troublesome on the teats and 
 yet so simple to get rid of. Simi)ly take a juiir 
 of sharp scissors and cut theni out. Be sure you 
 cut the button otf the wart, Avhich you can tell 
 by feeling Ix^fore you cut. ''IMumi heal with zinc 
 ointment. 
 
 Cracked or Sore Teats. 
 
 Grease well Avith zinc ointment after milkiiiii. 
 
 To Dry a Coic's Bags. 
 
 'i'ake 4 oz. of hog's lard; .*> oz. of gum cam[>hor; 
 put on the stove until thecomphor has melted in 
 the lard. Then grease twice a day. This is also 
 good for mares, and sows losing their ])igs. 
 
 Diseased Teeth. 
 
 In many cases cattle sutter and lose ilesh, and 
 sometimes cause eruptions under the jaw. In 
 
lift 
 
 WILL MAKE YOU $1,000. 
 
 all sncli eases extract teetli, and if eruption con- 
 tinues, inject from the outside or use a little mop. 
 Apply corrosive liniment for a few days. 
 
Pleuro-Pncumonia. 
 
 Tliis l)ein<4" one of tli(3 diseases so dreadeil by 
 fariiieis and cattUj owiieis, so contagions in its 
 character, and so easily connnnnicaled IVoni one 
 animal to another in their fee<lin^- places, tronghs, 
 and so forth, it even l)ein<^- connnnnicaled throngh 
 the medium of tlie air, the symptoms are liardly 
 patent to the eye at Ihst, and indeiMl can fool the 
 most ske[)tical. Cattle will fatten well and look 
 well when driven to the slaughter house, models 
 of health, but to the surprise? of the butcher, 
 when oi)ened only half of the lnn<>s are lound 
 performing the functions of i('S})iration. When 
 the animal commences to lose ai)petite, dry 
 cough, i)r()ducing i)ain when he coughs, causing 
 him to cough easy and dry, and seems to get 
 sore over the loins, so nnich so if you i)i'ess upon 
 the loins, he will stoop in the back as though in 
 great i)ain and will sometimes groan. When 
 such is the case you car not be deceived in th(? 
 disease. 
 
 [ do not say tliat every cow tliat has a cougli 
 
118 WILL MAKE YOU *1,000. 
 
 has the pleiiro-piieninDnia, but I would advise as 
 a means of preeautiou, that for the sake of safety, 
 the cow be taken from the rest and ])h^eed at 
 some distance from the lierd, that good disin- 
 fectants l)e used around lier, that she be well 
 cared for in a good, warm shed, if you have to 
 build one, and thatcli it thick with straw to make 
 it warm and dry. A]h)w i)lenty of pure air, cold 
 water and good, strong feed, but not too nnich 
 at a time. This will be bett^^r than thin, poor 
 and non-strengthening sloj), which is so injurious 
 and dece[)tive, and so often adopted in cases of 
 sickness. When you tirst notice tlie cough ami 
 loss of api)etite, give the following powders: 
 Tincture of aconite root, I) drachms; powdered 
 gentian root, »*> ounces; powdered ginger root, *> 
 ounces; sulphate of iron, 2 ounces; sulphite of 
 soda, 2} ounces; mix well together, and divide 
 into live powders. Give a powder every 4 hours, 
 from (> o'clock in the morning until 10 o'clock at 
 night. Give the i>owder in a bottle of water 
 sweetened with honey, brown sugar or syrup. 
 In the next day's po\vders and thereafter use the 
 same nnxture, leaving out the tincture of aconite 
 and give them but //r/vv? times a day, instead of 
 every four hours. 
 
 After havuig her in the i)en and having ascer- 
 tained that she had the pleuro-i>neumonia, I 
 wn)uld reconunend that she be killed, for she may 
 be as you think, perfectly cured, and still have 
 
CHOCKING OF CATTEL. 119 
 
 enoua;ii of the disease lingering in lier to start tbe 
 entire herd. So, 1 say finally, give lier a dose of 
 cold lead and bnry \\ev deej). 
 
 Choking of Cattle. 
 
 Choking of cattle often occurs on apples, 
 ])otatoes and turnips in the gullet, hy running 
 the hand along the throat down the neck, they 
 are sometimes removed. If not removed by this 
 use the probang, lunning it down the cow's 
 throat, pushing the substance into the stomach. 
 If you have not the i)robang, use the butt end of 
 a whale-bone whi[), ascertaining first there are no 
 rough edges on the whip. 
 
 Rupture in Calues. 
 
 Rupture in calves occurs both at birth and 
 afterwards and may be easily cured by pushing 
 the bowels up in the belly. Then take u^) the 
 loose skin, tie a waxed end close up to the stomach 
 to keep the cord from slipping ofl'. Stick a 
 large darning needle through the l)unch ck>se up 
 to the cord and let it remain in a few days. The 
 lump wiU fall ottand leave a healthy s*>re without 
 any rupture. I would keep the calf from others, 
 so that it would not be Imtheied or worried. 
 
Wolf in the Tail. 
 
 This has been one of the disoascs that lias 
 cnnscd much comnuMir. Also hollow horn. 1 do 
 not briicve in hollow liom nor do 1 nnderstand 
 this wolf l)nsin(.'ss, but I am sure that if the cow 
 has lc\ cr we need no better <inide than the horn. 
 When we lind the eow has little use of her tail 
 and swollen down near the end, if we cut the 
 tail where we lind it soft we lind a peculiar, watery 
 substance with a ^•an<iTene smell, which readily 
 runs out. ]f this tluid is allowed to remain, I 
 believe the cow would lose part other tail, if not 
 all of it. 
 
 T accept this ])art and use the knife at once 
 and soon the horns i>('t to their ])roper tem])era- 
 ture and all fever abates, showing,- that the tail or 
 spine and horns are in syn)i)athy with one another. 
 Cut the slit lengthwise with the tail three or four 
 inches lon<>', bein^" careful the knife does not 
 touch the bone. 
 
 Milch cows are most valuable. AVe will now 
 show tigures and look into the case. The ration 
 that makes a pound of Ixh^' when fed to a steer 
 
WOLF IN THE TAIL. l.'l 
 
 would, if fed to a ^ood cow, ,i;iv(' us twice or 
 more tlie food value, mid that of a much l)ig^('r 
 commercial value. His explanation is this: To 
 fatten a steer he must have a ration as lar^e as 
 the cow in full thirty pound flow of milk. ^Fhe 
 steer in a year will .i»ain five hundred i)ounds if 
 well looked after; the actual food of this iive 
 hundred poumls ai>[)roximates 125 i)oun(ls of 
 protein and fats. 
 
 The cow in 3(J5 days gives 5,()00 pounds of milk 
 with 350 ])ounds of protein and fat and 200 i)ounds 
 of milk sugar. The fat ])roduced by the steer as 
 tallow sells for 3i cents, and the fat i)roduced by 
 the cow (butter) sells for 25 cents. The proteins 
 of meat sell for about the same as the proteins in 
 the form of cheese. 
 
GrotDth of the Creamery System. 
 
 It is probable that liilly oiu'-lialt* pound more 
 butter is recovered from each hundred pounds of 
 milk under the creamery system than can be 
 made by a private (hiiry as usually managed. 
 Allowing- that each cow produced 5,000 pounds 
 of milk per year, which is about the average, 
 there would be an increase of twenty-live pounds 
 of butter for each cow per annum to the credit ot# 
 the factory system. It is not difticult to believe 
 that this increase is easily absorbed by the market 
 because of the imi)roved (puility of the butter. 
 If there is any drop in the price of butter it will 
 not do to ascribe it to the creamery system until 
 we have taken into account the enormous output 
 of the butterine factories. 
 
 A careful review of the subject will reveal these 
 two interesting i)hases : First, the market de- 
 mands for the most part a high grade product, is 
 willing to pay for it and can absorb an enormous 
 quantity without materially affecting the prices. 
 This enormous demand for good butter has been 
 met by the creamery in a very satisfactory way. 
 
GROWTH OF CREAMERY SYSTEM. 123 
 
 In the second place, it is snri)rising to see the 
 prices stand as well as tbey do when snch a lar^e 
 amount of imitation butter is brought on the 
 market and placed beside the jnoduct of private 
 daries and the enormous output of the creameries. 
 
 In thus speaking- of i)rivate dnries we do not 
 have in mind the scattered few that turn out 
 that exceptionally tine product that goes direct to 
 consumers. These centers of choice [production 
 are legitimate and vshould be encouraged; they 
 will ])robably never be supplanted. The average 
 farm butter is the kind that suffers, jind l)etween 
 the creameries on the one hand and butterine on 
 the other it is having a hard time of it. 
 
 'i'he great lesson in all this is that the average 
 consumer desires good butter and is willing to 
 l)ay a fair i)rice for it. With the better average 
 product comes a greater consumption, and c(mse- 
 (piently steadiness of fair prices. 
 
Hogs. 
 
 I sliall not close without saying* something' 
 about hogs. We are k)st without a good 
 smokehouse lull of bacon. I have had many 
 sick hogs and show testimonials from those who 
 have had my services to bear me out. 
 
 ^rhe hog can live in almost any cliuiate; they 
 enjoy warm countries; there are large quantities 
 in East Indies. They enjoy woods and farms and 
 root for nuts, worms and young roots. The hog 
 is spoken of in all histories and goes back 141)0 
 yeais B. 0. Kouians made raising of hogs a 
 study, in which thej are said to be most success- 
 ful. The Jews, ]^]gyi)tians and the Mohammedans 
 a])i)ear to dislike the flesh of the hog. It seems 
 Moses laid the law down for the »Jews. I liave 
 never read what tinu^ they were taken from the 
 wild state. 
 
 What a notion that the hog is a stupid and 
 sellish animal, and a dirty and disgusting one to 
 be with and watch his ways. They have plenty 
 of temper and when not much about are very 
 shy of man. When they ruu in large herds they 
 
H0G8. 125 
 
 seem agreeable to each other and hiuhlle together 
 to keep warn). Nothing is more dangeious and 
 more earefnl than the sow with her pigs. 
 
 ITogs can he taught niucli by feeding and will 
 soon learn your call and follow you. lie, like us, 
 is fond of a good bed; a sow before she has ])igs 
 will carry straw and leaves and make a nice bed, 
 as good as though she had hands. They seem 
 to know when the weather is going to make a 
 change. 
 
 Hogs only live to »*at and they are not dainty. 
 When in j)ens will eat almost anything given 
 them. They are very nuudi neglected and abused 
 by dogs, many times when your fences are the 
 cause. 
 
 The wild boar is really tlu; daddy from whom all 
 domesticated breeds have sj)rung. He is a savage 
 looking animal and will tight to the last when iii 
 close quarters. The sow has one litter a year 
 and they will stay together until grown. If one 
 gets in trouble, all will come to its rescue on its 
 cry. They are not as much for having numy 
 pigs as our domestic sow. 
 
 They are tirst thought to (tome to this country 
 with early settlers from England. We have now 
 many breeds, and persons greatly difl'er, some 
 liking one breed and some another. 
 
Breeds of Hogs. 
 
 The Byefield are white, with ciuly liair, nicely 
 and closely made. When over a year old, say 14 
 months, ean be made to weigh ^$50 lbs. net. 
 
 The Bedford was a si)otted ho<^- that matured 
 early and made line hogs. They se<^m scarce and 
 about laid on the shelf. 
 
 The Ijeieester are large coarse hogs, the only 
 beauty about them is their heads, they make a 
 good cross on short, thick sows. 
 
 The Yorkshire is of a dirty white or yellow 
 color, si)otted with black. They ai'e like any- 
 thing but what breeders want now days. They 
 can eat as much as two hogs ami fatten slow. 
 
 The ('hinese, they inhabit Eastern Islands. 
 There are two varieties, white and black. They 
 fatten very fast and are very oily when cooked. 
 They make a tine cross on large breeds and are 
 good to raise pigs to kill for table use, when 
 three to four weeks old. I'hey are strictly pretty, 
 round and plump. They cross nicely with the 
 Berkshire, and to grow very large ones cross with 
 Chester White. 
 
BREEDS OF HOGS. 137 
 
 The Suffolk are white with long legs, better to 
 cross on Chinese. You then get line porkers of 
 good shape that fatten good. 
 
 The Berkshire, which is the favorite of today, I 
 shall say little of, for all are acquainted with 
 them and they should always have a green spot in 
 evei'y breeder's mind. 
 
SotD With Pig. 
 
 Feed tbeni only enough to keep tlieni in lair 
 order. If in eold weather, and they show heavy 
 with pig-, keep them from other hogs as they will 
 ])ile upon each other to keep warm and hurt 
 themselves. 
 
 Feed plenty of good ground feed, middlings or 
 cooked feed. 
 
 After they pig, never, if you can avoid it, 
 allow them to eat the net. It will cause them 
 after awhile to eat their pigs; and should she eat 
 lier pigs, fatten her. 
 
 Sows carry their pigs foui' months and have 
 from eight to thirteen at once. Every pig has 
 his own teat. 
 
 Should a sow have more [)igs than she has 
 teats, they Avill do badly. 
 
 Let e^ ery sow have a pen to lierself. 
 
 If you have several sows to come in the same 
 time, which you should have and some come dead 
 or have accident, you can give another sow one 
 or more, according to her teats. Get the sow 
 out other nest and slip the little pig in while she 
 
sow WITH PIG. 
 
 120 
 
 is out. Let it stay with the rest half an hour or 
 more, then she cannot smell any difference and 
 will own it nicely. 
 
Feeding Hogs. 
 
 Feed tbein tliree times a day at same hour, if 
 l)ossible. Never overfeed. 
 
 A small quantity of salt should be ^iveu. The 
 proper way is to have a piece of rock salt con- 
 venient in the pen where the hog can lick it and 
 get the ])roper quantity. 
 
 It is also well to place a lump of salt in the 
 field, where all of the cattle, hogs and horses can 
 lick at it during the sununer, especially if the soil 
 should not be clay. 
 
 Keep pen and trough clean. 
 
 Do not feed little and big together, for they 
 will not do well and you will get them hurt. 
 
 Let them be in classes and have plenty of 
 light and air. 
 
 They don't want nuich medicine unless you 
 use a preventive or have any sick and should 
 then be handled with care. 
 
 Never drench, if you can avoid it. 
 
 I saw once a very singular case. A farmer, 
 thinking he could cure cholera, noticed his hogs' 
 eyes red and very dull, and they had no appetite 
 
FEEDING HOGS. 131 
 
 He said to bis wife, "our hogs all are sick. Get 
 my medicine ready— soft soap, vinegar," tK:c. 
 This being done, he went to work on them and 
 killed ever so many of them when, in fact, his 
 hogs had the common complaint which hogsbava% 
 viz. measles. 
 
 I was sent for and told him his hogs had not 
 the cholera. I then explained the matter. We 
 gave the hogs the old apple-butter kettle full of 
 hot slop with sulphur, nitre and black antimony, 
 putting the medicine tirst in the trough and 
 giving each grown hog about one ounce. He did 
 this each day for live days and everything was 
 sound and well. 
 
 Clean and give fresh straw. A little nursing 
 tells with hogs. By watching them, you will 
 gain in number and profit in a year. 
 
 Some farmers will turn their sows out to run 
 in the woods or tields to take care of themselves, 
 while they should be housed and cared for the 
 same as a sheplierd cares for his sheep. 
 
 The sow, when with her pigs, in or about the 
 nest, will tight for and i>r()tect them; but at times 
 she may wander away from them, while hunting 
 for food. At such times foxes, eagles and even 
 large hawks will attack and carry otf the pigs 
 which is always a dead loss to the farmer. 
 
Hog Cholera. 
 
 1 here attacli my cholera receipt with iiulorsers 
 to the same: 
 
 Lime, slaked, i poniKl. 
 
 Venetian red, 1 " 
 
 Sulphur, 1 
 
 Black antimony, 1 " 
 
 Ginger, 1 " 
 
 Salt petre, 1 
 
 Cayen pepper, i " 
 
 Charcoal powder, 1 '* 
 
 Mix the above together and give from one to 
 two ounces a day. If hogs are large give half 
 dose at noon. Feed small hogs accordi ugly. Pigs, 
 four weeks' old, teaspoon ful twice a day. You 
 can make up any quantity you want by taking 
 equal parts. 
 
 When taken in time, it is an invaluable medi- 
 cine. 
 
 When hogs are kept iu i)ens, give them char- 
 coal in their pens. ]f you have not charcoal, use 
 old, rotten wood, a willow stump is good. 
 xVlways prevent breaming sows from breaking 
 
HOG CHOLERA. 
 
 133 
 
 into a pen of fattening hogs, as by jumping on 
 their backs they may become unjoin ted or other- 
 wise crippled. 
 
APfidaoits, 
 
 Affidavit of Mr. Coxrad Seibert : . 
 
 Personally ai)i)e{U'e<l before nie, a Notary Public 
 for Washington Co., ^fd., INfr. Conrad Seibert, 
 and made oath in due form of law that the 
 accompanying statement is true and correct to 
 his own personal knowledge: 
 
 In the fall of 1884 I had four hogs that had tlie 
 cholera. Two could not stand up for several 
 days. The others were not so bad. I got three 
 packages of nuMlicine from Doctor G. 11. Hollings- 
 worth and gave it to them. They all got well. 
 They all improved from the time they commenced 
 to take it and got fat and healthy. Two that 
 had been sick when they were killed weighed 200 
 ])Ounds each. They were under one year old. 
 
 Conrad Seibert. 
 
 • Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 14th 
 day of December, 1885. 
 
 D. W. Crowther, 
 Notary Public. 
 We know the within-named Conrad Seibert, 
 
AFFIDAVITS. 135 
 
 and know bim to be a man of ^ood standing in 
 this conimnnit3\ 
 
 Geo. B. Oswald, Clk. Ct. Ct. 
 
 Thos. E. HiLLiARD, Keg. of Wills, 
 
 William T. Hamilton, 
 
 A. Iv. Syestek, 
 
 Louis E. McComas, Congressman. 
 
 Affidavit of Mr. I^'rfdekick Frank: 
 
 Personally ai)i>eared before me, a Notary rnblic 
 for Washington County, Md., Mv. Frederiek 
 Frank and made oath in due foriu of law that 
 the aeeompanying statement is true and eorreet 
 to his own personal knowk'dge: 
 
 In the fall of 1884 I had nine hogs in the pen. 
 When J sent for Dr. O. 11. llollin<:s\\(>rth, one of 
 them was nearly dead. I had given it up. It 
 could not stand and could liardlv make any noise. 
 I ga\*e it some of the medicine and it recovered. 
 The others were sick and had the scours. I 
 give it to them and they all recovered and did 
 well, and sold tliem all excej>t three, which I 
 killed. 
 
 This st'ason, (1885,) I had to use the sanie 
 nu'dicine again. Three hogs were sick. It cured 
 thein and they are getting fat. They can be 
 seen at njy house until March. 
 
 Frederick Frank. 
 
 Snbscril)ed and sworn to before me tln» TJtli 
 
186 WILL MAKE YOU $1,000. 
 
 (lay of December, 1885. 1>. W. Crowther, 
 
 Notary rublic. 
 We know Frederick Frank and know bini to be 
 a man of good standing in tbe community. 
 Geo. B. Oswald, Clk. Ct. Ct., 
 Thos. E. HiLLLVRi), Reg. of Wills, 
 A. K. Syester, 
 
 LOULS E. MCCOMAS. 
 
 AFiiDAvrr OF Joiix and John C. Miller, 
 of Leitersburg ])istrict. 
 
 Personally appeared before me, a Notary rublie 
 for Wasbington Co., Md.. and made oatli in due 
 form of law tbat tbe statement made below is 
 true and correct to tbeir owii personal knowledge: 
 
 In tbe fall of 1884, we bad about twenty bead 
 of bogs in tbe pens. Several of tbe bogs became 
 sick and bad spasms wben tbey commenced to 
 eat. One laid down or only raised on bis front 
 legs for about two weeks. Tbe rest of tbe bogs 
 in tbe same pens bad no signs of tbe disease and 
 fattened well. Tbose tbat were sick recovered 
 and did better tban before. 
 
 AVe only lost one bog out of about twenty bead 
 
 and be bad been sick for a week before we used 
 
 the medicine we got from Dr. G. 11. Holliugs- 
 
 wortb, and could not eat. We bave used this 
 
 remedy for two seasons, and we bave bad no 
 
 disease this fall. John Miller, 
 
 John 0. Miller. 
 
AFFIDAVITS. HJ; 
 
 Subscribed and at]irine<l to before me, tliis l»5tb 
 diiy of December, 188."). 1). AV. Cuowtiikr. 
 
 Wc know John Miller Jind John (;. Millei' and 
 know them to be men of good standi n<>- in tlie 
 community. 
 
 Geo. B. Oswald, Clk. (^t. Ct., 
 TUOS. E. IIlLLIAIlD, llcg. of Wills, 
 Louis E. McComas, Congressman. 
 I know Jobn Miller and John C. Miller. 
 Tliey are gentlemen of good standing in 
 tlie connnunity and in every respect entitled 
 to credit. William T. IIainiiltox, 
 
 A. K. Syester. 
 
Guide to Otoner and Tenant. 
 
 As I bave said, "a stitch iu time saves nine." 
 It is a true saying and I ngain put the reader to 
 look after things closely, or jog his tenant. 
 
 The first requirement of successful stock grow- 
 ing is care. Without it good blood or good feed 
 or good natural conditions will h)se nearly all 
 their value, and all combined can scarcely bring 
 a profit. 
 
 Care cannot take the place of good blood or 
 good food or favorable natural conditions, but it 
 can do more alone than any of them, and with 
 them as its materials it will produce the most 
 gratifying results. 
 
 It is the man who sees to it that no one of his 
 animals lacks good food, good drink, good shelter 
 or good blood that makes the striking success of 
 stock raising. 
 
 His calves are not still-born, his lambs are not 
 disowned, his colts have not weak ankle joints, 
 his pigs are not farrowed with cholera for a mate, 
 his dams do not have difficulty in giving birth, 
 
GUIDE TO OWNER AND TENANT. 
 
 139 
 
 liis animals are not hurt or killed by accident, he 
 does not allow lambs to be frozen the niglit they 
 are dropped, or the calf to stray ofl* and die, or 
 the litter to be drowned in its nest. 
 
 He makes money ont of stock raising, and he 
 irives care at all seasons. 
 
Tincture Aconite Root 
 
 Every man who keeps n horse should keep a 
 vial of this poison drug in some safe jdace where 
 he can put his hand on it at any time. You will 
 save many a horse if used in time. 
 
 Ask the druggist to give you a little eye 
 dropper or a small vial holding sixty drops, and 
 give for a dose from twenty-five to thirty drops 
 for chill. There are so many things it is good for, 
 that you will not go wrong to give a dose, when- 
 ever you see your horse drooi)y. Do not follow 
 giving it too fast — every three or four hours, and 
 then according to the size and age of the animal. 
 After giving several doses and no better and you 
 are not able to diagnose the case, take advice. 
 Very often you will strike the nail straight. 
 
 Give them one dose for a day or so for colds 
 and let the animal have little rest during that 
 time until he commences to feed well and look 
 full and bright. 
 
Sulphur. 
 
 Sulphur should be bought in large quantities 
 where much stock is kept. 
 
 Sulphur as a horse medicine has peculiar and 
 valuable properties. 
 
 It is alterative, mildly cathartic and disin- 
 fectant. 
 
 It destroys putridity of the bowels quicker than 
 any other medicine and acts very Unely upon the 
 absorbents. 
 
 It is somewhat sedative and most certainly 
 diuretic. But it is most vahiable in its action 
 upon the skin and hair. 
 
 It opens the pores and stimulates the oil}^ 
 secretions to ])ress to the surface. 
 
 It may be given in any quantity without 
 injury to Ihe horse. The nsual dose is two 
 ounces every day or four ounces every other day. 
 A teaspoon ful of salt petre may be adde<l. 
 
Corrosioe Liniment, External Use 
 
 Only. 
 
 There is iiotliin^ that takes tlie place of this 
 liniment. 
 
 I believe it to be the best in the whole world. 
 
 Take a pint of turpentine, which put in a good, 
 strong bottle, adding an ounce of finely-pulver- 
 ized corrosive sublimate and an ounce of gum 
 camphor. Shake well and let the mixture stand 
 for twenty-four hours, when it will be lit for use. 
 
 The value of this liniment depends greatly 
 upon the fineness to which the corrosive subli- 
 mate is pulverized. Grind it as fine as possible 
 in a druggist's mortar; pounding with a hammer 
 will not answer. 
 
 The object of this i)ulverization is to get the 
 substance in such a form that it will be readily 
 dissolved by the turpentine. 
 
 There are comparatively few liquids which will 
 dissolve corrosive sublimate. Turpentine is one of 
 these. 
 
 Corrosive sublimate is one of the most violent 
 
CORROSIVE LINIMENT. 145 
 
 poisons. Its combination with turpentine con- 
 stitutes one of the most powerful of medicines, 
 increasing- in its active ])roperties by keeping. 
 
 I believe it to be the most penetrating and 
 healing liniment. It reaches the seat of disease 
 through any and all obstacles. It destroys all 
 infection, putridity, ulceration, old running sores, 
 ])roud flesh and all skin and bone diseases of the 
 horse. 
 
 It will cure big head and jaw, grease, thrush, 
 scratches, swelled legs, hoofrot, foot evil, corns, 
 ulceration of the foot, (navicular disease,) hstula, 
 l)oll-evil, ring-bone and spavin in their first 
 stages. 
 
 Always shake the bottle well before taking out 
 the stopper. Pour the liquid into an earthen 
 vessel, as it corrodes vessels of metal. Apply 
 witii a little mop of soft rag. 
 
 On all bone affection the liniment is to be 
 thoroughly dried in by means of a hot iron held 
 close to the medicated spot, but not close enough 
 to burn the animal. 
 
 Particular directions are given in connection 
 with the description of diseases how to ]>roceed 
 in reference to quantity and manner of using the 
 liniment. 
 
 While it penetrates the skin of the horse, it will 
 make him jump around for about ten or fifteen 
 minutes. 
 
146 WILL MAKE YOU $1,000. 
 
 Tt will not harm the hands of man. Always 
 lable the bottle well, that it may not be mistaken 
 for something else and taken internally. 
 
 Magic Neroe Liniment. 
 
 Get a strong bottle capable of holding' eight 
 ounces, into which imt 
 
 Spirits of hartshorn, 1| ounces. 
 
 Sulphuric ether, 1| " 
 
 Spirits of turpentine, ^ " 
 
 Sweet oil, J 
 
 Oil of cloves, i " 
 
 Chloroform, 1 " 
 
 Shake well and your liniment is ready for use. 
 The bottle should be well closed, with a ground 
 glass stopper, if possible, as several of the 
 ingredients of the mixture are highly volatile. 
 
 It should be kept in a dark place or else closely 
 wrapped in thick paper or cloth, as light tends to 
 destroy its power. 
 
 This liniment, as its name implies, is applied 
 for nervous affections and is very soothing in its 
 effects. It allays the j)ain in cases of string halt, 
 cramps, contraction of the skin, sprains, swelled 
 legs and joints. ^ 
 
 It is used as a counter-irritant to rub over the 
 region of the throat in colds, coughs, swelled 
 throat, etc.; the lungs in bronchitis, pnenmonia 
 and pleurisy; the stomach and bowels in colic 
 
MEDICINES. 147 
 
 and enteritis; the back and loins in all affections 
 of the kidneys and nrinary organs. 
 
 It is also excellent to apply to the region of the 
 brain, in all cerebral distnrbances. 
 
 If apjjlied early enongh it will cnre tumors and 
 other swellings. 
 
 Persons with rhenniatisni can spend many a 
 night with i)leasant slee]) by rubbing parts 
 effected. For sick headache or toothache, bathe 
 temples, forehead, sides of the neck. 
 
 Liniment l^or Bruises. 
 
 Alcohol, 1 pint. 
 
 Castile soap, 4 ounces. 
 
 Gum camphor, J " 
 
 Sal ammoniac, J '* 
 
 When these are dissolved add 
 
 Laudanum, 1 " 
 
 Origanum, I " 
 
 Oil of sassafras, i " 
 
 Spirits of hartshorn, 2 " 
 
 Bathe freely. This is tine liniment and should 
 be kept on hand all the time. 
 
 Lime Liniment. 
 
 Lime water and linseed oil, 1 pint each, are ex- 
 cellent for burns of any kind. Two ounces of 
 laudanum may be used, also, and should be kept 
 by every one on a farm. 
 
 It is so excellent for man and beast; take 
 
I4S WILL MAKE YOU $1,000. 
 
 cotton bat, soak well and a])i)ly and I'opoat when 
 the cotton or clotli gets dry; shake well when 
 you lirst mix, also before nsini*-. 
 
 Good Home Liniment 
 
 strong- apple vinegar, 1 lunt. 
 
 White of hens' eggs, 5 
 
 Spirits of turpentine, ^ '* 
 
 Put in strong bottle; shake well before using; 
 
 good for strains, scratches mid bruises; will kill 
 
 the i)oison of St. John's wee<l. 
 
 Liniment for Man and Beast. 
 
 Oil origanum, 1 ounce. 
 
 Oil seuega, 1 " 
 
 Spirits oi' turi)entine, 4 " 
 
 Mix; apply twice a day, rubl>ing in well. 
 
 Stimulating Liniments. 
 
 Sweet oil, _ _ . _ 2 ounces. 
 
 Spirits hartshorn, - - 1 " 
 
 Si)irits turpentine, - - - J " 
 Mix. 
 
 No. 2--For splints. 
 
 Oil origanum, - - - I ounce. 
 
 Alcohol, - - - - J 
 
 Turpentine, - - - ^ 
 
 Mix. 
 
MEDIC'1NK«. 149 
 
 For Callous Stoeilings After 
 
 Bruises. 
 
 Soup liniment, 
 
 '1 onnces, 
 
 Caniplior, _ _ . 
 
 4 
 
 A(i. iiniinonijj, - - _ 
 
 1 
 
 iMlx. 
 
 
 F'or Strains. 
 
 
 Barbjuloes 'J'ar, 
 
 1! onnres 
 
 Spirits Tnrp(nitin(*, - 
 
 if u 
 
 Soap JiininnMil, 
 
 4 
 
 Mix. 
 
 
 Good Liniment for Cuts and 
 
 Bruises. 
 
 Laiulannin, - - _ _ i ounce. 
 
 Tr. arnica, - - - - 1 " 
 Spirits turpentinw, - - - 1 " 
 
 Oil tar, - - . . 1 " 
 
 Sweet oil to niaki; - - - 8 " 
 A])ply wlien necessary. 
 
 Liniment for Blistering. 
 
 A(i. ammonia, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 1 ounce 
 
 Spirits tnri)entin<', 
 
 
 - 
 
 - 1 
 
 Oil origanum, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 1 " 
 
150 WILL MAKE YOU $1,000. 
 
 Tr. cantharides, - - - 2 " 
 
 Soap lininieiit to make - S " 
 
 Apply with a hot iron once or twice a day. 
 
 Liniment for General Use. 
 
 Aq. ammonia, - - - 1 ounce. 
 
 ►Spirits turpentine, - - - i " 
 Oil origanum, - - - 1 " 
 
 Sweet oil, - - - ('4 '* 
 
 Use once or twice a day. 
 
 Neroe and Bone Liniment. 
 
 For reducing swellings ])roduced by kicks, «5cc : 
 Aq. ammonia, - - - 1 ounce. 
 Tr. capsici, - - - - 1 " 
 Oil origanum, - - - 1 *' 
 Oil sassafras, - - - - 1 " 
 Tr. Oantharides, - - - 1 " 
 Sweet oil to make - - - 8 " 
 
 A])ply twice a day with brisk rubbing. 
 
 Ey 
 
 e Wash. 
 
 Swelled lids, bruise or injury of any kind, take 
 three hen's eggs and break them into a quart of 
 clear cold rain water. Stir until a thorough mix- 
 ture is eflfected. r>oil over a slow tire, stirring 
 every few minutes. Add half an ounce of sul- 
 phate of zinc (white vitriol), continue the boiling 
 a short time and the comi)ouud is ready for use. 
 
MEDICINES. 151 
 
 Strain tlironob a fine sieve, then apply with a soft 
 linen elotli covering the eye. Then take a piece 
 of cotton bat and pnt over the cloth, and then tie 
 both to the eye with a piece of ninslin. Cnt the 
 muslin large enough to put the horse's ears 
 through it, letting a piece come back of the ears 
 4 inches. Then put on the halter, and fasten 
 the end under the neck. 
 
 J f only one eye eifected, cut a hole in the mus- 
 lin for the good eye, now bathe well with the eye 
 wash, several times a day, until the inflammation 
 has subsided. This I greatly recommend. 
 
 Cure for Heaues. 
 
 Oil of tar, teaspoonful night and morning, the 
 sanie is also good for coughs. 
 
 Licorice powder and salt petre also good for 
 cough, using double the quantity of powder. 
 
 Feocr Balls. 
 
 Emetic tartar, - - - i ounce. 
 Camphor, - - - - i " 
 
 ^'itre, - - - - - 2 " 
 Mix with linseed meal and molasses to make 8 
 balls, and give one twice a day. 
 
 Physic Balls. 
 
 Aloes, - - - - 2 ounces. 
 
 Turpentine, - - - - 1 " 
 
152 WILL MAKE YOU $1,000. 
 
 Flour, ... - 1 '* 
 
 Make into a paste with a few drops of water; 
 wrap in a paper and give with a bailing iron. 
 
 Worm Balls. 
 
 Asafoetida, - - - l ounces. 
 
 Gentian, - - . . - 2 *' 
 Strong mercurial ointment, 1 " 
 Make into mass with honey, divide into 1(> balls. 
 Give 1 or more every morning. 
 
 Liquid Blister. 
 
 Linseed oil, - - - - ^ l>int. 
 Spirits turpentine, - - I " 
 
 Aqua ammonia, - . _ 4 ounces. 
 Shake well and it is tit for use. Apply every 
 third liour, until it blisters. 
 
 Cataract. 
 
 This can be removed from a horse's eye with 
 tinely-pulverized burnt alum, blown into the 
 horse's eye with a goose quill. 
 
 Or take oil of Avintergreen; i;'et a small glass 
 syringe and inject a few drops into the eye, and 
 after three (hays repeat the api)lication. 
 
 Wounds. 
 
 One of the best washes for ordinary wounds on 
 horses that is known is to take ^ lb. of saltpetre, 
 
MEDICINES. 153 
 
 i a pint of tmpentine and pnt them into a bottle, 
 shake well before using; ai)ply to the wound 
 three times a day with a feather. 
 
 Cure for Founder. 
 
 Clean out the bottom of the hoof thoroughly — 
 hold up the leg so as to bring the bottom of the 
 hoof upwards, holding it tirmly in a horizontal 
 j)osition and pour in about a tablespoonful of 
 turpentine, if the cavity of the hoof will hold 
 that much — if not, pour in what it will hold 
 without danger of running over, touch the tur- 
 pentine with a red-hot iron, (that will set it on 
 lire;) hold the hoof firmly in position until it 
 burns out. 
 
 Great care must be taken that it does not run 
 over on the hair oi the hoof, lest the skin be 
 burned. If the feet are all affected, burn all of 
 them. Relief will speedily follow, and the animal 
 will be ready for service in a short time. 
 
 If you have on hand corrosive liniment, use 
 that instead of turpentine. Keep horse's feet 
 stuffed with good poultice flax seed, made with 
 the oil not extracted. Feed mash feed. 
 
 Horse and Cattle PouDders. 
 
 Ginger, black antimony, sulphur, saltpetre, 
 charcoal powder, hickory ashes. 
 Take equal parts of the above and mix together. 
 
154 WILL MAKE YOU $1,000. 
 
 Will bo just what you have been looking for for 
 years. It will aid and strengthen and cleanse 
 the entire system. Can be fed to all kinds of 
 stock and a small quantity to chickens and 
 turkeys is excellent, in corn meal dough. Doses 
 for horse, one tablespoonful morning and night. 
 In any case where it requires, you may give 
 three times a day. Colts under one year, tea- 
 sj)Oonful, giving in chop feed or bran and oats 
 mixed. 
 
 Maggots from FlijblotD. 
 
 Apply corrosive liniment. Will extract mag- 
 gots and make healthy sores, using liniment for 
 several days. 
 
 Ointment for Saddle Galls and 
 Open Sores. 
 
 Oxide zinc, - - - i ounce. 
 
 Lard, - - - - 2 '* 
 Mix well together and apply once a day after 
 washing the parts with soap and warm water. 
 Use castile soap. 
 
 Ointment for Saddle Galls. 
 
 Calomel, - - - i ounce. 
 Cosmoline, - - - 1 " 
 Mix. Apply once a day. 
 
MEDICINES. 155 
 
 Blistering Ointment. 
 
 Red iodide mercury, - - J ounce. 
 Oint. Spanish fly, - - ^ *' 
 Lard, - - - - - 1 •* 
 
 Mix. Apply once a day. 
 
 This is a good blister for remedying hone 
 spavin and all callous growths. 
 
 Ointment for Cuts, Scc. 
 
 Carbolic acid, - - J ounce. 
 Oosmoline, - - - 1 " 
 Mix. Apply once a day. 
 
 Ointment for Scratches. 
 
 Blue stone ((ine powder,) - J ounce. 
 Lard, ------ l '' 
 
 Wash the i)arts with warm water and apply 
 once a day. 
 
Contents. 
 
 HORSES. 
 
 Blood Spavin and Throughpins 90 
 
 Bone Spavin 90 
 
 Bowels, Constipation of the 78 
 
 Bowels, Inflammation of the 71 
 
 Bots 73 
 
 Burns 72 
 
 Castrate, Time to 65 
 
 Castration Ridglings 66 
 
 Colic, Flatulent 78 
 
 Colic, Geo. Washington's treatment of 77 
 
 Colic in Horses 76 
 
 Colic When from Home 78 
 
 Colic, Spasmodic 77 
 
 Colts Grain, Caution in Feeding 66 
 
 Colts, Nothing in Cheap 64 
 
 Colts, Rupture in 67 
 
 Eyelids and Warts, Cut 88 
 
 Eyes, Weak or Inflamed 85 
 
 Foot, Nail in the 95 
 
 Hair, Loss of 64 
 
 Halter Pulling 64 
 
 Hancock Biting 50 
 
 Hancock Under the Saddle 55 
 
loS CONTENTS. 
 
 Heaves J)0 
 
 Hide Bound 92 
 
 Hoof Bound S)2 
 
 Hoofs, Quarter Cracked 92 
 
 Horses, Age of 25 
 
 Horses, Bleeding 95 
 
 Horses, Breaking and Handling 33 
 
 Horses, Breathing of 59 
 
 Horses, Diseases of. How to Understand 07 
 
 Horses, Drive, How to 41 
 
 Horses, Drive AVith Galvanic Battery 40 
 
 Horses, Examine, How to 18 
 
 Horses' Feet, Soften 72 
 
 Horses, Food for 61 
 
 Horses, Handle, How to 28 
 
 Horses' Hoofs, Grow 72 
 
 Horses, Pulse of 59 
 
 Horses, Shoeing 56 
 
 Horses, Strangles in 83 
 
 Horses, Temperature of GO 
 
 Horses, Throwing ■ . 48 
 
 Horses, Water for 63 
 
 Legs, Scratches and Swelled 87 
 
 Mares Foaling 09 
 
 Pneumonia or Lung Fever 80 
 
 Ring Bone 88 
 
 Sores, Old 71 
 
 Subduing Bridle for the Whole World 97 
 
 Subduing Bridle on Horse 98 
 
 Subduing Bridle 99 
 
 CATTLE. 
 
 Cattle 102 
 
 Cattle, Choking of 119 
 
 Cattle, Diseases of 107 
 
 Cattle, Feeding of 105 
 
 Calves, Rupture in 119 
 
CONTENTS. loU 
 
 Calving 114 
 
 Colic and Bloating Ill 
 
 Cow Itch 114 
 
 Cow's Bag, to Dry Up 115 
 
 Creamery System, Growth of the 122 
 
 Diarrhoea and Dysentery 112 
 
 i-ice : ... 118 
 
 Milk Cows Most Valuable 120 
 
 Milk Fever 109 
 
 Pleuro-Pneumonia 117 
 
 Rabies 113 
 
 Tail, Wolf in the 120 
 
 Teats 114 
 
 Teats, Cracked or Sore 115 
 
 Teeth, Diseased 115 
 
 HOGS. 
 
 Cholera Cure, Hog 132 
 
 Hogs 124 
 
 Hogs, Breeds of 126 
 
 Hogs, Feeding 130 
 
 Sow With Pigs 128 
 
 AFFIDAVITS. 
 
 Frank, Affidavit of Frederick 135 
 
 Miller, Affidavit of John and John C 136 
 
 Seibert, Affidavit of Conrad 134 
 
 MEDICINE, 
 
 Aconite Root, Tincture of 140 
 
 Balls, Fever 151 
 
 Balls, Physic 151 
 
 Balls, Worm 152 
 
 Cataract 152 
 
 Eye Wash 150 
 
 Founder, Cure for 153 
 
 Heaves, Cure for 151 
 
 Liniment, Blistering 149 
 
160 CONTENTS. 
 
 Liniment, Bruises, 147 
 
 Liniment, Corrosive 144 
 
 Liniment, Callous Swelling: 149 
 
 Liniment, Cuts and Bruises 149 
 
 Liniment, Good Home 148 
 
 Liniment, General Use 150 
 
 Liniment, Lime 147 
 
 Liniment, Magic Nerve 146 
 
 Liniment, Nerve and Bone 150 
 
 Liniment, Stimulating No. 1 148 
 
 Liniment, Stimulating, No. 2 148 
 
 Liniment for Man and Beast 148 
 
 Liniment, Strains 149 
 
 Liquid Blister 152 
 
 Maggots from Flyblow 154 
 
 Ointment, Blistering 155 
 
 Ointment, Cuts for 155 
 
 Ointment, Saddle Galls, &c.. No. 1 154 
 
 Ointment, Saddle Galls, &c., No. 2 154 
 
 Ointment, Scratches for 155 
 
 Owner's and Tenants, Guide to V6S 
 
 Powders, Horse and Cattle 153 
 
 Scab from the Horse's Leg 142 
 
 Sulphur 141 
 
 Wounds 153 
 

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