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even over-feeding on bad hay and mouldy oats 

 especially. Bad drainage also assists. 



All that common-sense dictates to keep a horse 

 in good health helps to prevent a horse from going 

 wrong in his wind, and vice versa. Hereditary 

 disposition in this case, too, plays a large part, 

 and never breed from a broken-winded mare ; 

 and, if you insist on doing so, use a strong cob 

 sire who is unquestionably sound, as small horses 

 on the whole are less liable to go wrong in their 

 wind than very big ones. 



Always when buying a horse get the purchaser 

 to give a written guarantee that your future horse 

 is sound in wind, limb, and eyesight, if you dis- 

 pense with a vet's examination, or unless you 

 buy a regular screw at screw price. 



Advice to those who own broken-winded horses 

 is to get out of them, no matter at what temporary 

 loss. Should you feel a desire to keep them, 

 change their food, give a small allowance of hay, 

 put sawdust litter or peat moss in preference 

 to straw — which they might eat ; give linseed 

 mashes frequently. 



The best chronic cough ball is : — 



Gum Ammoniaci 

 Pulv. Digitalis . 

 Pulv. Camphorae 

 Pot. Nit. . 

 Pulv. Belladonnge 

 Bals. Sulphur 

 Picis. Liquidae . 

 Lim. Cont. 



Q.s 



ut ft 



3j 

 3j 

 3j 

 3j 

 3j 

 3j 

 3j 

 bol. 



Omni nocte. 



