Not sure if these qualify for Old time, but they work:

witch hazel is great for ant bites as it takes away the itch and can be poured on.  It's found near rubbing alchol.  I keep several bottles on hand as we get a lot of ants here.

Selsum Blue or Head & Shoulders works great for manes and tails that get flakey and the horse rubs them. I use it on my horse and you gotta leave it on for 10 minutes to work.

Never heard of that before..............Man, good ole  Prep "H".........the miracle ointment!   Who would of thought?

After spending a bunch of money at the Vet last spring fighting a hoof abcess that would not clear up. My farrier told me to make a poultrice out of two egg yokes and a cup of salt.  I soaked the hoof in warm water & epsom salts for 15 minutes, applied the poultrice to the frog and duct taped it shut. Leaving it on as long as the duct tape stayed in place.  It sucked out the infection, the hoof cleared up in a couple of days and no return.  This was after 4 weeks of vet visits, flushing the hoof out, daily antibotics etc.  With the vet visits, it would clear up for 3-4 days and then come back.

Maybe 4 weeks of vet care really cleared it up. Or maybe the poultrice was the trick that pushed abcess out. I don't know, but I will try it again at the 1st signs of another hoof abcess.

Here's one................

We use WD-40 in our cattle's ears for spinose ear ticks, better than the ear tick spray, also use it on the horses for their ears too! Never had a prob. yet with it!

It works for Me !

1 raw egg mixed in their feed per day will slick and shine their coat up.  Did it for years and always had comments on our horses coats.  Everyone thought they were stalled instead of pastured during the show season.

This one isn't "old" but I always carry women's sanitary pads and vetrap just incase of a serious injury.  They are sanitary and work great with an emergency laceration for a wound compress....even on yourself.  (if you don't have anything else)-You should have seen the suprise on my fiance's (now husband)face when he asked me if I'd accidently left the package of napkins in the trailer and I said no......they are for the horses...........What a confused look he gave me!

My dad....to teach a colt to lead.....would put a halter on it and a lead rope....just long enough to touch the ground when it's head and neck were relaxed......(just make sure there is nothing for it to get hooked on)...after about a week of it occasionally stepping on the end of the lead and learning to give to pressure for a release....they would lead quite well.  Still had some work to do but the basics of pressure and release were there.

Worried about a horse not drinking enough water?.....Add about a tablespoon of salt to it's feed each night and it will start drinking more.

There was always a can of Bagbalm (square and green) sitting around on the farm when I was a kid.  Grandma used it on EVERYTHING!

When my wife and I got together, I shared Bagbalm with her and now SHE uses it on EVERYTHING!!! 

The stuff really does work extremely well. It comes in a small, less than 2" square can and a larger, less than 4" square can.  Both bathrooms, the horse trailer, tack box and the barn have bagbalm in them.

Never leave home without it!    

Happy trails.

I have also used the sugar and betadine mixture and a horse that was bitten near the coronet by a rattle snake, The infection settled in to the hoof and most of the hoof had to be cut away, but we had to soak his foot for 15 minutes 2X a day in epsom salt water and then pack the bottom of his hoof in the sugar/betadine mixture and put a diaper around the foot and secured the diaper with duct tape and then put a rubber boot on it. The vet said that not only would the mixture pull the infection away from the bone but also pull the venum out, well I can say this, you had better have taken a deep breath and held it when that diaper came off!! (YUCK!!)

Thanks for the info about cinch sores, they are a constant problem with my mare!!

I was "lucky" enough to have a show horse born on April fools, so I learned a lot!

1.  If your horse has a bald spot with no hair apply "afro sheen" it's a blue greasy product found in the ethnic hair products.  Hair in a few days!

2.  For soft soles apply Mineral spirits or turpentine with a paint brush once a day.  In no time you'll have a horse that can walk on white rock roads!

3.  For a beautiful shiny coat apply V-05 mixed with water from a spray bottle and tie your horse out in the sun.  Wash with soap and dry...all the split ends are fixed!

4.  To cure warts, cut one off the animal and put in their feed.  I've been lucky enough never to have used this method.

5.  Stuff cotton down inside a horses ear before clipping.  It keeps all those nasty hairs from falling into the ear and no head shaking!

6.  Always take the lowest horse on the totem pole out of the pasture first, this establishes your dominance of the herd...by forcing the leaders into submission and waiting.

7.  My show buddy owned a big Arab barn and learned to always turn and back a horse into their stall.  This keeps the horse from charging in and keeps you safely at the entrance.

*Here's a fun one for dog people.  Take all your dogs and bite them on the bridge of their nose, some may need a bit more "bite" then others.  This will place you at the top of the pack!

*Here's a fun one for dog people.  Take all your dogs and bite them on the bridge of their nose, some may need a bit more "bite" then others.  This will place you at the top of the pack!