MANGE is a well-known disorder of the skin among horses, occasioning them to rub the parts affected against any thing they happen to be stand ing near. It has been likened to the itch in our selves, and not without reason; the two appearing to be extremely analogous. The disorder begins with simply an itchy and scurfy state of the skin, commonly about the head, side of the neck, withers and shoulders; sometimes the arm-pits and thighs: which parts soon afterwards exhibit hare white patches, in consequence of the outer skin (becom ing thy and turning white) continually desquamat ing in branny scales. The next change consists in the parts becoming arid and harsh to the reel, and in their puckering into wrinkles. From the noto rious fact of mange being a contagious disease, any one would suppose that it was always produced by that influence: there appears, however, great reason to believe that it arises in many cases spon taneously; and still more to show that poverty is one grand cause of its origin.
Very many recipes have been handed down to us as cures for this readily curable disorder. The two following we can recommend. Take of sulphur vi vum 6 oz.; train oil 1 pint; stir them together, and add 2 oz. of Venice turpentine. Or this: take of sulphur vivum 4 oz.; powdered hellebore 2 oz.; sublimate I dr.; first mix these powdered ingredi ents together, and afterwards stir them into a pint of train oil. With either of these applications, the parts affected are to be well'rubbed. On the third day following, wash them; and afterwards repeat the dressing the same as before: and continue this plan until the cure is completed.