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watering. When persons are occasionally so situated that 

 they cannot unyoke their horses at stated times for food 

 and rest, then they ought to carry hay and a nose-bag, and 

 a supply of corn along with them. Indeed, it is surprising 

 that if humanity does not influence many men to be kind 

 to this valuable animal, self-interest ought to have the effect 

 of inducing proper treatment. 



Staggers often attacks horses while they are at grass. 

 This, however, happens chiefly with such as have been 

 previously stinted in their food, or where the pasture is very 

 rich. In such cases, nature generally works its own cure ; 

 because, if the horse is kept from eating, the natural sap 

 in green food will soon assist in promoting digestion. 

 Horses that have frequent attacks of staggers are very 

 liable to have their sight impaired by it. Indeed we have 

 known instances of total blindness from this cause. 



CATARRH, OR COMMOI^ COLD. 



The sudden transitions from heat to cold to which horses 

 are so frequently, and often so thoughtlessly, exposed, 

 renders this a very common complaint with them. If 

 masters and servants would bear in their remembrance the 

 old and true adage " that it is better and easier to keep 

 well than to make well," their horses would not require 

 half the medicines which are given to them. 



A simple cold, if neglected, may end in an incurable 

 disease, especially with horses of a delicate constitution. 

 Catarrh commences with a slight degree of fever, with some 

 little discharge from the nose and eyes, accompanied by 

 cough, which is sometimes hard, frequent, and painful to 

 the horse. When this is the case, bleeding will be neces- 

 sary. But if the cough is not severe, the complaint may 

 generally be removed by simple treatment. The horse 



