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The last would be as sensible a thing to do as the first. Raising spring colts is 

 his remedy, so as to avoid putting them so quickly upon other feed than grass- 

 made milk, with grass to eat, if they want it, and warm weather in which to grow 

 and develop. Then when winter comes, if grain seems necessary, give boiled 

 oats, or oatmeal in limited quantities, just enough to keep the colt growing, and 

 in condition. Early cut haj', a warm shed for stormy weather; feed regularly, 

 water regularly before feeding, never after," etc. If after the foregoing care, 

 signs of dyspepsia and cribbing appear, he claims there is something wrong in 

 the diet, or handUng, which must be corrected, and hot bran mashes must be 

 given, and continued, to keep the bowels continuously free, never allowing the 

 movements to be hard and difficult. And the further treatment to be the fol- 

 lowing, as for horses, in proportion to the age. To cure the disease when 

 developed, " Bear in mind," he says, " you are treating dyspepsia, not cribbing, 

 for the latter is only a symptom, a result of the former, and the treatment must 

 be thorough and persistent " (continued). The following is his treatment for a 

 horse of five years or older: 



I. Tinct. of mix vomica, 20 drops, in a swallow of water, before each 

 feed, continued for months, if need be. " The effect of a small dose is all you 

 need." It may be given by putting into a small bottle with a long neck and 

 with about a gill of water, and given by putting into the mouth, as a drench, or 

 by putting into a small amount of water in a bucket and drank before giving 

 his full drink before the feeding. 



II. Condition Powder. — A heaping dessert-spoonful (small-sized table-spoon) 

 of tlie following tonic powder (condition powder), thoroughly mixed with the 

 feed ;it every meal: Powdered gentian, powdered Peruvian bark (always get 

 the best red, unground Peruvian bark, and have the druggist grind or powder 

 it tine), of each, 1 lb., and powdered Jamaica ginger root, % lt>., mixed thor- 

 oughly. [And the author would say, keep it in a closely-covered tin box.] 



III. Graduated Dose According to Age. — He has graduated the dose to the 

 age, as follows: For a horse 5 years or older, full dose, as above (20 drops); 4 

 years old, ^ (17 or 18 drops); 3 years old, % (15 drops); 2 years old, j^ (10 

 drops); yearlings, J^ (6 or 7 drops); sucking colts, i-^ to ^ (2 to 3 drops, 

 according to the robustness of the colt). That in parenthesis is the author's, 

 and will save every one the trouble of calculating at each time of giving the 

 medicine. I will give Dr. Tuttle's closing paragraph in full. He says: 



" In closing, I would say I am not a horse doctor, nor do I wish to be, but 

 a regular physician of nine years' experience ; that in the first years of my prac- 

 tice, by hard, irregular work and unwise handling, I made a cribber of one of 

 the finest horses ever owned in Michigan or driven by any man. Since then I 

 have tried to study carefully and scientifically his very intelHgent efforts to 

 obtain relief, and likewise the effects of treatment, hygienic and therapeutic {i. 

 e., care as to proper feed and medicine). And 's\ith my knowledge of disease 

 and remedies in man I have, by analogy and experience, arrived at the above 

 conclusions, which I give to the public, hoping to assist horse-loving men to a 

 better understanding of a hitherto unscientifically-treated disease, which is dis- 

 tressing to both horse and owner. And I am confident that if this advice is 

 carefully followed it will be found to result in cures far beyond that ever pro- 

 duced by the choke-strap, to say nothing of the peace of mind which follows the 



