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denly taken out into a bright light, an inflammation is produced 

 which often ends in the loss of sight. In case of sickness great care 

 should be taken to make the stable comfortable and pleasant. Give 

 plenty of fresh air and avoid draughts. Give cool fresh water in 

 small quantities and often. 



It is a common practice in some stables, in case of distemper, to 

 burn old leather qr some other malodorous substance and compel 

 the afflicted animal to inhale the smoke. This is exceedinglv wrong 

 and is productive of great harm. If you wish to test the virtues of 

 such treatment, try'it yourself. In place of the injurious smoke, 

 take a pail of wheat bran, turn boiling water over it and allow the 

 horse to inhale the steam or vapor which arises. You will soon find 

 that he will not resist this as he naturally does the smoke. 



If it is necessary to give medicine, great care should be taken in 

 its administration. Never tie or pull a horse's head up or seize the 

 tongue and pull it out to make an animal swallow, nor what is still 

 worse, never pour medicine into a horse's nose, as by these methods 

 the medicine is very apt to reach the lungs and produce serious 

 results. Simply elevate the horse's nose slightly by placing the 

 hand under his chin and administer a small amount at a time, 

 allowing the animal time to swallow. 



In the absence of a veterinary, never give medicine unless you 

 know exactly what its actions and uses are. There are a great many 

 good horses killed by giving over-doses and poisons by persons un- 

 aware of the ingredients of the medicine given. 



I w r ould strongly condemn the use of aconite for the purpose in 

 which it is commonly used by the layman or non-professional. It is 

 a fact that this drug kills ten horses where it cures one, and if it 

 could be kept from the men who do their own doctoring, the lives of 

 many horses would be saved annually. 



It is quite common to see .men collect around a horse that has been 

 taken sick on the road, and in all sincerity and honesty suggest a 

 remedy which the speaker thinks cured his horse. The owner of the 

 suffering animal, agitated and anxious to save his horse, takes the 

 advice so freely offered and obtains the medicine as soon as possible 

 and gives it to the animal. Soon another b} r stander exclaims, "I 

 do not think the horse is troubled with the colic," and after venting 

 his opinion, suggests. a different medicine which he thinks is a 

 specific. This is also obtained and administered, and so it goes until 

 the horse is filled with all the drugs that can be obtained and he 

 either expires, having been killed by kindness, or else lives on in 

 spite of the wholesale treatment, showing that his constitution is 

 stronger than the combined drug store in his stomach. 



A story is told of a boy who, while on his way to school, saw a 

 man doctoring a sick horse. The boy halted and after looking on 

 for a few 7 minutes said, 'Tap had a sick horse and he gave him a pint 

 of turpentine." Nothing more was said, and the boy went on his way 

 to the house of learning. On his return he stopped to see how the 

 sick horse was getting on, and the man said to him, "My boy, you 

 said your pa gave his horse a pint of turpentine. I gave mine a 

 pint of turpentine and he died." The boy replied very coolly, 

 "Pap's did too." This illustrates what is oftentimes done without 

 forethought of what dire results may follow. 



Kindness t«i Farm animals is a subject which should he taught in 



