BREEDING THE TROTTER 



NAVEL TROUBLE. 



If a foal has navel trouble, lay it on its side, 

 with two helpers to hold its head and hind legs. 

 Take a catheter, with bulb syringe attachment, 

 and pass it up the navel cord, injecting a solution 

 of one-quarter ounce of creoline and two ounces 

 of warm sterilized water. The navel channel 

 divides, one channel running to each kidney. In- 

 sert the catheter as far as you can make an opening 

 without forcing. Make an injection in each chan- 

 nel. The injection will prove healing and soothing 

 and should be continued till the navel is healed 

 up and closed. After making the first injection 

 the colt should be given a half teaspoonful of 

 sulphite (not sulphate) of soda in a little water 

 from a rubber bottle, first four or five days till a 

 cure is effected. 



During this trouble pus is liable to form around 

 the knees or hock or even abdomen. I do not 

 advise lancing. Nature will remove the foreign 

 matter. 



DIARRHEA. 



The blackberry cordial previously mentioned 

 for diarrhea is made as follows : 



Take one-half bushel of fresh blackberry roots, 

 washed clean and cut up in sticks about four 

 inches long; to this add one-quarter pound of 

 cinnamon, one-quarter pound of cloves, one- 

 quarter pound of allspice. These spices must be 

 whole. Put on to boil in either granite or porce- 

 lain kettles, with enough water to just cover the 

 contents. Boil for two hours, then strain and 



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