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Therefore, unless you succeed In relieving the horse 

 Immediately, It Is best to call In a veterinary surgeon. 

 In these cases delay Is apt to be fatal. 



SCOURING 



■ If a horse has any tendency to scour, he should be 

 taught to drink before eating — that Is easily done; 

 and he should never be watered until two hours after 

 eating. He should, moreover, be watered as often as 

 possible, so that he will not drink much at any one 

 time; and an hour or so should elapse before he Is 

 put to work after eating. Every horse should be 

 worked easily for the first part of his task, and this 

 rule Is especially Important In the case of a horse with 

 any weakness of the bowels. 



Boiled potatoes may be given to prevent scouring, 

 their effect In this respect being exactly opposite to 

 their effect In the raw state. A little starch may be 

 mixed with the grain, say about twice a day, and In 

 severe cases the following remedy may be used: 



Reduced iron i pound 



Powdered gentian ^ pound 



Nux Vomica ^ pound 



Areca nut ^ pound 



Bi-carbonate of soda Yz pound 



Add powdered fennel seed, 2 pounds, mix, and give a 

 teaspoonful at each meal for six weeks or so. Then 

 once a day, two or three times a week. 



WORMS 



Colts and young horses are apt to have worms, and 

 so are horses In poor condition especially when the poor 



