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cumstances, and as long as the scours continue, the foal should 

 not depend altogether on its dam for sustenance, but might have 

 a daily allowance of boiled cow's milk, cooled to about the tem- 

 perature of milk when drawn. Hay tea, to which a small quan- 

 tity of cow's milk may be added, is an excellent drink for the 

 young foal in the absence of its mother's milk. Try it, reader, 

 on your calves, also, if you have occasion. 



As regards costiveness, green food and scalded shorts are the 

 antidotes, and the mother will partake of either with relish ; some 

 of the former, if the season permits, should be cut and placed 

 before her soon after labor. If the articles fail to have the de- 

 sired effect, a dose of aperient medicine — castor oil, or salts — 

 should be given, followed by thin gruel ; in this way both dam 

 and foal may be cured. 



Astringent drink for colts : — 



Angelica root, 1 ounce, 



Cranesbill, 2 ounces, 



Bayberry bark, ^ ounce, 



African ginger, | ounce. 



Pour on the above ingredients two quarts of boiling water ; set 

 them aside for a few hours. 



Dose. — Half a pint every four hours until the disease is 

 checked. If the discharges are fetid, add to each dose half a 

 table-spoonful of finely-pulverized charcoal, and if the foal be 

 weak and in poor condition, allow it hay tea, thickened with oat- 

 meal. 



Probably the safest laxative for young calves, suffering from 

 constipation, is sulphur and cream of tartar, of each a tea-spoon- 

 ful in molasses. Laxative enemata should, if necessary, be ad- 

 ministered. 



INDIGESTION. 



This is the great national disease of the United States ; both 

 men and horses are alike its victims ; it lies at the bottom of 

 almost every disease to which both are subject, consumption not 

 excepted. The horse shows it by an unthrifty condition, and 

 dry, pen-feathered coat ; his body shrivels and contracts after 

 the fashion of that of a smoked herring ; he has a dry-sounding, 

 hard cough, mostly noticed after meals, especially when he has 



