jQO NAVIN oyi THE HOKSE. 



have c^enerally found that, where the colt takes scours, the dam 

 Svd ^Lsual quantity of milk, and hence the colt takes 

 It than it is able ^o digest But it is lil^ly, m .uch^-e 

 that the milk becomes unhealthy before drawn C« ■!«' "^ ^ 

 nosure to bad weather, may bring on scours m the;<>l\^y J^/f 

 iffecting the dam, and then the colt, or it may affect the colt 



'^Mient.-A^ prevention is always better than cure the 

 bre^Xr should so'attend to his mares ^^'^^^^-^^^^l^ 

 npr.,n- in the colts. No sudden change m the feed of the maie, 

 "or her general management as to stabling, etc., should be 



^^t^rhL" t;t up and fed on dry feed, she shouW 

 be changed from that to pasture, or green feed, very grad- 

 ually S^e should not be turned out on a bare pasture, with 

 Toth herself and her colt to nourish on the P"-Pk of 

 "root hog, or die," as is too often the case. The maie 

 suek no- r foal needs good, regular feeding, and wants o 

 be protected from foul weather. If her digestion or bowel 

 are deran-ved by starving, unwholesome diet, or gorging oi 

 Ty otlier^eause! scours in the colt will very certainly be the 



'''' At* the tender age this disease occurs we must give medi- 

 eint very c" utiouSy, lest we kill our patient. Medicines 

 Xven to L mother Vill affect the suckling young; hence we 

 may reach the colt in this way: 



Take— Pulverized yellow-root 1 o"^^*- 



Pulverized rhubarb ° 



„, i.,1 1 ounce. 



Salts of tartar 



Tincture of prickly -asb berries - ounces. 



Tincture of opium " »™'«'- 



Thin gruel .-pins. 



Mix, and give one-third part to the mother, every four hours, as a drench. 



The following may be very safely given to the colt: 



