1. Cow-dung beaten with a fourth part of clay. - Youatt.

2. Soft soap 4 oz., Barbadoes tar 16 oz., linseed meal 2 1/2 - White.

3. Tallow and tar, equal parts, melted together.

4. Common tar 2 parts, soft soap 1 part, linseed meal q. s. To be spread over the sole of the foot 1/4 of an inch thick, covered with a layer of tow, and a leather sole over all. - V. C.

Hoof Ointments

1. Equal parts of wax, olive oil, lard, veal suet, turpentine, and honey; melt the wax and lard with the oil by a gentle heat, remove from the fire, and add the honey and turpentine, stirring till cold; when intended to embellish the hoof as well as to soften it, it may be coloured with lamp-black or ivory-black. - Bourgelat.

2. Tallow 4 ., beeswax 4 oz., tar 1/2 ; melt slowly, remove from the fire, and when they begin to cool, stir together. A portion of pitch may be added when intended to fill fissures, etc. - Beacy Clark.

Composition For Sand Cracks

Beeswax 4 oz., yellow resin 2 oz., common turpentine 1 oz., tallow 1/2 oz.; melt together; fill the cracks with the composition, and turn the horse out to grass.