42 THE NEW POCKET FARRIER. 



litter, and what other hard substances they come near, 

 are predisposed to broken-wind, by the great distension 

 of the stomach and inability of inspiring a sufficiency 

 of air to fill the lungs. 



Cure there is none for broken-wind, but a horse that 

 has it may be rendered very useful by proper attention 

 to regimen. Of course, particular care should be taken 

 to avoid exposing hinti to fresh cold, and not push him 

 too hard on a full stomach. The horse should have 

 good nourishment, but condensed in bulk — not quantity 

 enough to distend his bowels, but rich and nutritious, 

 what there is of it. Water should be given him 

 sparingly. Give him rather plentifully of corn, but 

 little hay, and that little wet with water.' Some advise 

 that water given him should every day be impregnated 

 with half an ounce of salt-petre and two drachms of 

 sal-ammoniac. 



When the cough is particularly troublesome, or the 

 animal seems to labour much in respiration, give the 

 followino;. Dried squills, powdered, 1 drachm ; gum 

 ammoniacum, 3 drachms; opium, 10 drachms; with 

 mucilage sufficient to form the ball. 



Broken-winded horses have been greatly relieved by 

 drinking daily a bucket of water poured off from quick- 

 lime. A horse supplied with water thus prepared, and 

 kept in the stable five or six weeks, will recover his wind 

 in a great degree and his cough will be much abated. 



A DRAUGHT HORSE. ^ 



A horse with thick shoulders and a broad chest, laden 

 with flesh, hanging too forward, and heavily projecting 

 over his knees and feet, is fitter for a collar than a 

 saddle. 



