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bag has come out that there is something" wrong; for a mare, il 

 everything is all right, foals in a very few minutes. It is best 

 then, to make an examination, and, if anything is wrong, fix 

 it right away, for it is a great deal easier to do it then than after 

 the mare has been sick a couple of hours. If anything that is 

 wrong is attended to at once you often save the mare's life 

 as well as the life of the foal. 



TROUBLES AND DISEASES WHICH FOLLOW 

 AFTER FOALING. 



CLEANING PLACENTA OR AFTER-BIRTH. 



In some cases we find that the mare does not clean properly, 

 and part of the cleaning remains attached to the inside of the 

 womb, and it will be left hanging out behind. 



Treatment. — Try the following medicine. Give her : 



Raw Linseed Oil i pint. 



Sweet Spirits of Nitre 1 ounce or 4 tablespoonfuls. 



Fluid Extract of Belladonna 25 to 30 drops. 



Shake well together and give as a drench and place a half- 

 pail of hot salt in a grain bag over the kidneys, also throw a 

 blanket over this to keep in the heat, and keep the mare quiet for 

 a few hours and she will generally clean herself and save the 

 bother of removing it with the hand. If this does not cause it to 

 come away, leave it for twenty-four hours after foaling, and have 

 the mare held by the head and also one of the front legs held 

 up so she cannot kick, have another assistant to hold the tail out of 

 the way, roll up your sleeves and oil your right arm and hand, 

 take hold of the cleaning with your left hand while you pass the 

 right one into where the cleaning is attached to the womb, com- 

 mence at the top, gradually forcing the cleaning off the inside of 

 the womb. When once you get it started, work it all off by gent'^' 

 pulling, and the mare, as a general thing, will be all right. 



AFTER PAINS. 



These are the labor pains continued after the foal is out of the 

 womb. 



Symptoms. — The mare will be in pain, lie down and get up 

 and strain some. 



Treatment. — Keep the mare quiet, and watch her that she 

 does not force her foal bed out, and give the following to relieve 

 j^er pains : 



