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HORSE— DISEASES AND REMEDIES. 



be allowed to stand on the naked floor as 

 little as possible. 



HORSE, Stables, to Deodorize.— Saw- 

 dust, wetted with sulphuric acid, diluted 

 with about forty parts of water, and dis- 

 tributed about the stable, is a good de- 

 odorizer. Keep the mixture in shallow 

 earthenware vessels. 



HORSE, Blanketing. — In reference to 

 blanketing horses in winter it is without 

 doubt true that blanketing keeps a horse's 

 coat smoother in winter, and, therefore, fine 

 carriage and saddle horses will continue 

 to be blanketed, no matter how injurious 

 it may be. But where horses are kept 

 more for service than show, the blanket- 

 ing had better be dispensed with. Keep- 

 ing them constantly covered makes them 

 tender and liable to take cold. It is far 

 better to give them a warm stable and 

 plenty of straw for bedding and good 

 food, and leave the blankets to be used 

 only when they are compelled to stand 

 for any length of time out of doors on a 

 cold winter's day. Also, when they come 

 in from work steaming hot, they should 

 be allowed to stand a short time, until 

 they are partially cooled oft— then put 

 the blankets on for an hour. Be careful 

 and not delay putting on the blanket un- 

 til they are chilled. 



HORSE, Poor, how to Patten. — Many 

 good horses devour large quantities of 



hay and grain, and yet continue poor, 

 and the more they eat the poorer they 

 appear to grow. The fault is, that the 

 food is not properly assimilated. If the 

 usual feed has been unground grain and 

 hay. nothing but a change will make any 

 desirable change in the appearance of the 

 animal. In case oil meal cannot be ob- 

 tained readily, mingle a bushel of flax- 

 seed with a bushel of barley, one of oats,, 

 and another bushel of Indian corn, and 

 let it be ground into fine meal. This will 

 be a fair proportion for all his feed. Or 

 the meal or barley, oats and corn, in 

 equal quantities, may at first be procured, 

 and ]{ of all cake mingled with it when 

 the meal is sprinkled on cut feed. Feed 



2 or 3 quarts of the mixture 3 times daily 

 with a peck of cut hay and straw. If the 

 horse will eat that amount greedily, let 

 the quantity be gradually increased, until 

 he will eat 4, 5 or 6 quarts at every feeding 



3 times a day. So long as the animal will 

 eat this allowance the quantity may be 

 increased a little every day. But always 

 avoid the practice of allowing the horse 

 to stand at a rack well filled with hay. 

 In order to fatten a horse that has run 

 down in flesh, the groom should be very 

 particular to feed the animal no more 

 than he will eat up clean and lick his 

 manger for more. Follow the above 

 suggestions and the result will be satisfac- 

 tory. 



