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water. The corn should be increased in 

 qiiaiilily, and less hay be given ; and what is 

 given should be of the best, sweet and clean, 

 being well shook, and divested of all dirt and 

 dust. Be careful not to make the hay too 

 wet ; for if so, the Horse will not eat it. 



When there is a convenience, these Horses 

 are best when kept out at grass at ail times, 

 his corn being continued as when he stood at 

 hay ; but when kept at grass for the purpose 

 of relieving his wind, he should not be taken 

 uo to stable, except for immediate use ; for if 

 taken from grass to dry meat, they become 

 more oppressed in their breathing, from the 

 difference of the change of food. If con- 

 venience cannot be had for constant running 

 in the field, the Horse may be soiled in a loose 

 box in the stable, with any green food that 

 raav be in existence at the time. 



By care, in this method, many Horses have 

 been much relieved, and made useful for 

 many years. 



There is also a small degree of broken 

 wind, which by dealers is called pursive- 

 ness. Many pursive Horses have several 

 •igns of broken-windedness ; yet never be- 



come thoroughly broken-winded, if not ill- 

 used, or neglected ; such as great aiul foul 

 feeders, which are always more or less thick 

 winded ; and except their diet and exercise 

 be carefuUv managed, they will easily become 

 bn ken-wmded. 



Due care being taken, as to the diet and 

 exercise of pursive Horses, according to the 

 directions above for the broken-winded, lar- 

 water, to the quantity of one or two pints, 

 given the morning the Horse is going to 

 work ; if you add a pint of warm ale to the 

 tar-water, you will find it of great benefit in 

 relieving the wind. Narrow-chested Horses, 

 disproportioned to the size of the lungs, is 

 considered as the chief natural cause of this 

 pursiveness in the Horse. Another excellent 

 remedy for pursive Horses is the cordial pec- 

 toral ball. Horses, at all affected in the wind, 

 let it be slight or severe, their stable ought 

 never to be without a good supply of this in- 

 valuable medicine ; and I make this remark 

 in confidence, in consequence of the thousands 

 I have sent to all parts of England, within 

 the last ten years. 



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