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been cured by bringing horses from the East and North out West, 

 and let them feed on the coarse prairie hay. Heavey horses are 

 comparatively few in Texas to what they are up North. In tin 1 

 early stages, heaves can be checked, "and in many cases cured, 

 by the following: 



Oil of tar 3 ounces. 



Glycerine 1 ounce. 



Fowler's solution of arsenic 3 ounces. 



Fluid extract of belladonna 1 ounce. 



Tincture of opium 1 ounce. 



Eaw linseed oil _ 3 ounces. 



Mix, and give one tablespoonful every morning and 

 night in damp feed. 



Fowler's solution of arsenic given in one tablespoonful doses, 

 night and morning, for two or three weeks, is sometimes very 

 beneficial. Unscrupulous dealers often give some remedies to 

 check the heaves for the time being, which are generally poi- 

 sonous, but we will not mention them here, as we don't advocate 

 any treatment or remedy that is not honest and fair. 



DISTEMPER STRANGLES. 



Horse distemper is the common name by which the disease, 

 " strangles," is known. It is a peculiar, eruptive fever of the 

 horse, and is a disease that nearly every young horse becomes af- 

 fected with. It is oftener seen among young horses and colts, 

 but horses at any age may take the disease. It received the 

 name, "strangles," from so many cases in the severe form nearly 

 choking or strangling the animal by the formation of a large- 

 tumor in the throat. All cases of influenza, sore throat, colds, 

 catarrh, etc., are called distemper by a great many horse owners. 



