The horse and other live stock . HEIR DISEASES. Potash, Caustic.—[^Potassafusa. ] Used only as a caustic. PoTASSA, Permanganate of.—Used externally as acaustic. Rosin.—Diuretic ; two to three ounces. Salt, Common.—[^Chloride of Sodium.] Irritant, cathartic, stimulant, and antiseptic; one to one and a half pounds. Salts, Glauber.—[^Sulphate of Soda.] Cathartic anddiuretic; one to one and a half pounds. Saltpetre.—\_Nitrate of Polassa.] Diuretic, febrifuge,and refrigerant; one half to one ounce. Sublimate, Corrosive.—\_ProtocTTloride pf Mercury.]Seldom used internally; externally, caustic and st
The horse and other live stock . HEIR DISEASES. Potash, Caustic.—[^Potassafusa. ] Used only as a caustic. PoTASSA, Permanganate of.—Used externally as acaustic. Rosin.—Diuretic ; two to three ounces. Salt, Common.—[^Chloride of Sodium.] Irritant, cathartic, stimulant, and antiseptic; one to one and a half pounds. Salts, Glauber.—[^Sulphate of Soda.] Cathartic anddiuretic; one to one and a half pounds. Saltpetre.—\_Nitrate of Polassa.] Diuretic, febrifuge,and refrigerant; one half to one ounce. Sublimate, Corrosive.—\_ProtocTTloride pf Mercury.]Seldom used internally; externally, caustic and stimulant. Sulphur.—\_Brimstone.] Stimulant and laxative; threeto four ounces. Sulphuric Acid.—Irritant, caustic, and astringent; twoto three drachms. Tartar, Cream of.—\_Potass(B Tartras.] Cathartic; threeto four ounces. Turpentine.—Stimulant, anthelmintic, diuretic, and laxa-tive ; one to two ounces. Zinc, Sulphate or.—\_White Vitriol.] Astringent andtonic ; one to two drachms. SHEEP, SWINE, A-ND PREFACE. Encoukaged by the favorable reception of his former works, theauthor presents in the following pages what is intended by him as apopular compendium relative to Sheep, Swine, and Poultry. It would not have been a difficult matter to collect material bear-ing upon each distinct class sufficient for an entire volume of thepresent size. Indeed, the main trouble experienced has been theselecting of such facts and suggestions only as seemed to him ofparamount practical importance. He has not deemed it advisableto cumber liis work with items of information which could be ofservice to particular sections and localities only; but has ratherendeavored to present, in a concise, yet comprehensible shape, what-ever is essential to be understood concerning the animals in question. The amateur stock-raiser and the wealthy farmer will, of course,call to their aid all the works, no matter how expensive or volumi-nous, which are to be foimd bearing upon the sub
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