BREEDING THE TROTTER 



the evening wash out the womb with two quarts 

 of water to which has been added two tablespoon- 

 fuls of a solution of permanganate-potash. Use 

 a force pump with the wash. Continue this wash- 

 ing every day while the mare is in season. Then 

 let her run eighteen or twenty-one days. When 

 in season again, continue the washing. When she 

 comes in season the third time examine the womb 

 and if it is apparently in perfect condition breed 

 the mare. If not, continue the washing till it is. 

 I have never failed in following this method. 



SWEAT-BOX TREATMENT FOR PNEUMONIA. 



As a rule the first symptoms of pneumonia and 

 pleurisy are a chill, after which the temperature 

 (which at normal is between ninety-nine degrees 

 and one hundred degrees) runs up to one hundred 

 and two degrees or higher. Sometimes there is a 

 short cough. The animal is dull, the skin is hot 

 but the legs remain cold. Usually the animal is 

 in such pain it grunts when turning around in the 

 stall, or when one presses against its side back of 

 the forearm. 



If the case is taken in hand just as soon as the 

 chill is noticed and tincture of aconite be given 

 according to directions, the disease may be warded 

 off. But if it progresses and fever sets in put the 

 horse into a sweat-box. 



There should be one of these on every stock 

 farm. The sweat-box is a stall sixteen by twenty 

 feet, and eight feet high, double sealed with tar 

 paper, made perfectly tight. There should be a 



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