Turpentine: A Horse’s Diarrhea Cure?

A young farmer is having trouble with one of his horses, which is suffering from diarrhea. He doesn’t know what to do, so he seeks advice from the old farmer down the road.

“Farmer John, surely you’ve seen this problem before. What should I do with a horse with diarrhea?” he asks.

Farmer John smiles and says, “Well, a few years back one of my horses had that problem, and I gave him a drink of turpentine.”

Relieved to have an answer, the young farmer runs home and administers the same treatment to his horse.

Sadly, the next morning his horse is dead. He runs back over to Farmer John’s place.

“John, I gave my horse turpentine, but he died!” the young farmer says.

Farmer John nods thoughtfully and says, “Aye… mine did too.”