154 A YEAR IN AGRICULTURE 



Moon blindness. This is the name often given to an in- 

 flammation of the interior of the eye. The trouble first appears 

 as a flow of tears with inflammation. This occurs with the 

 regularity of lunar phases ; hence the term moon blindness, 

 though the moon has nothing to do with it. From five to 

 seven attacks usually result in the lens of the eye becoming 

 opaque and the curtain of the iris growing fast to the lens, 

 causing blindness. When the symptoms first appear, a small 

 blister should be made an inch or two under the eye, and the 

 eyes washed in cold water or a solution of boric acid, one 

 teaspoonful in one pound of water. The disease is caused 

 by damp, cold stables, wet, undrained soils, rank, damp fod- 

 der, lack of sunshine, indigestible food, and from hereditary 

 tendencies; not from "wolf teeth," as some people believe. 

 Of course, the removal of these causes is the first step in 

 controlling this disease. 



THE AGE OF THE HORSE IN VERSE 



"Two middle nippers you behold 

 Before the colt is two weeks old; 

 Before eight weeks two more will come; 

 Eight months, the "corners" cut the gum. 



At two, the middle nippers drop; 

 At three, the second pair can't stop; 

 When four years old the third pair goes; 

 At five, a full new set he shows. 



The deep black spots will pass from view, 

 At six years, from the middle two; 

 The second pair at seven years; 

 At eight, the spots each "corner" clears. 



