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mouth, which I think expedites the cure, if done before 

 giving the ginger and salts. This medicine not only 

 cures the colic, but regulates the stomach ; so that there 

 is no tendency to colic, any more than if the horse had 

 never had it. Colic in horses is generally brought on 

 by long feeding on corn, or a change of feed, and over 

 feeding and hard driving immediately after, and perhaps 

 too much water, which causes an unnatural distension of 

 the stomach ; then inflammation, which is shown in colic, 

 founder, etc. Colic is not as common as many imagine. 

 Horses are frequently driven so long without being per- 

 mitted to stop, that the great amount of water secreted in 

 the bladder causes excessive pain, and is frequently dis- 

 charged with great difficulty, and sometimes cannot be 

 discharged at all. We relieved a mare, a short time 

 since, from all the symptoms of a severe colic, by ex- 

 citing a desire to void the water, by pouring water slowly 

 on the ground near her. 



DOTS. 



In the " Southwestern Farmer" is given the following 

 mode of treatment for bots, which is there pronounced a 

 sure remedy, if used before the stomach of the horse is eaten 

 through and ruined. Give one quart of warm sage tea ; 

 half an hour after, give another quart ; half an hour after, 

 give one gill of tar ; and half an hour after, give a pur- 

 gative. The sage being an astringent, will cause the 

 bots to let go of the stomach, and the tar kills them. Pre- 

 vention is better than cure ; but if cure is needed, it is 

 hoped this may be effectual. It has been so in some 

 cases. 



FOUNDER. 

 As soon as you find your horse is foundered, bleed him 



