HORSE— CARE AND MANAGEMENT. 



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chronic diarrhoea a good remedy is to put 

 powdered charcoal in the feed, and if the 

 disease depends on a digestive function — 

 the liver included — give a few doses of 

 the following : 



Powdered Golden Seal 2 ounces. 



Ginger - . - . - i «« 



Salt ----- i " 



Dose, }4 ounce twice a day. 



HORSE, Clicking.— This is noticeable 

 by a disagreeable clicking noise made by 

 the horse striking the toe of his hind shoe 

 .against the inner edge of the fore one. 

 To prevent this annoying habit, shoe the 

 hind foot short at the toe — that is to say, 

 set the shoe as far back as you can with 

 safety and security. The fore shoe should 

 be forged narrow, with the inner margin 

 filed round and smooth. 



HORSE, Flies, to keep from.— Procure 

 a bunch of smartweed and bruise it to 

 cause the juice to exude. Rub the ani- 

 mal thoroughly with the bunch of bruised 

 weed, especially on the legs, neck and 

 ears. Neither flies nor other insects will 

 trouble him for twenty-four hours. The 

 process should be repeated every day. 

 A very convenient way of using it is to 

 make a strong infusion by boiling the 

 weed a few minutes in water. When cold 

 it can be conveniently applied with a 

 sponge or brush. Smartweed is found 

 growing in every section of the country, 

 usually on wet ground near the highways. 



Another. — Take two or three small 

 handfuls of walnut leaves, upon which 

 pour two or three pints of soft and cold 

 water ; let it infuse one night, and let it 

 boil for a quarter of an hour; when cold 

 it will be fit for use. No more is required 

 than to moisten a sponge, and before the 

 horse goes out of the stable let those 

 parts which are most irritable be smeared 

 over with the liquor, viz: between and 

 upon the ears, the flank, etc. 



HORSE, Heaves. — This disease is indi- 

 cated by a short, dull, spasmodic cough, 

 and a double-jerking movement at the 

 flank during expiration. If a horse suf- 

 fering from this disease is allowed to dis- 

 tend his stomach at his pleasure, with dry 

 food entirely, and then to drink cold 

 water, as much as he can hold, he is 

 nearly worthless. But if the food be 

 moistened, and he be allowed to drink a 

 moderate quantity only at a time, the dis- 

 ease is much less troublesome. 



Take one pound and a half ot good 

 ginger for a horse. Give two table spoon- 

 fuls a day, one in the morning and the 

 other in the evening, mixed with bran. 

 This recpie has been selling at five dol- 

 lars to the eastward, where the efficacy of 

 the above medicine has been proved in 

 the cure of several cases of obstinate 

 heaves. Another remedy is to feed no 

 hay to the horse for 36 or 48 hours, and 

 give only a pailful of water at a time. 

 Then throw an armful of well cured smart 

 weed before him and let him eat all he 

 will. In all cases where the cells of the 

 lungs are not broken down great relief, 

 if not a perfect cure, will follow. Anoth- 

 er remedy is sunflower seed, feeding one 

 or two quarts of the seed daily. 



HORSE, Hoof, Cracked.— The horse 

 must be laid up from work, if possible. 

 The shoe must be removed. The edges 

 of the crack must be pared away at the 

 upper part, so that a distinct separation 

 is made between the crack and the coro- 

 net, or between the old horn of the hoof 

 and the substance from which the new 

 horn grows. No union can ever be 

 formed of the parts separated by the old 

 crack, so that a new start must be had. 

 Blistering ointment may be applied to the 

 coronet, to encourage the new growth, 

 and the hoof should be smeared with tar 

 and bound up, to prevent injury by blows 

 or accidents. (See Horse, Navicular 

 Disease.) 



HORSES, How to Save from Barns on 

 Fire. — Horses are frequently burned to 

 death when barns or stables are on fire, 

 owing to the impossibility of leading or 

 driving them out of the building while 

 their eyes are dazzled by the blaze. But 

 we are assured that by simply covering 

 their eyes with a bag, a coat, or a pocket- 

 handkerchief, they may be led out of 

 danger without trouble or difficulty. They 

 will readily come out if the saddle and 

 bridle, or harness to which they are accus- 

 tomed, be thrown over them as usual. 



HORSES, Palsy in.— The stream of 

 nervous influence is sometimes stopped, 

 and thence results palsy. Every organ 

 of motion and of sense is paralyzed. 



Palsy in the horse generally attacks the 

 hind extremities. It commences gener- 

 ally in one hind leg, or perhaps both are 

 equally affected. The animal can scarcely 

 walk. 



