TUENiNO-ori.] MODERN VETEEINARY PRACTICE. 



[PIITSICKINO. 



average, of not more than ten miles a day, and 

 at a pace seldom exceeding more than six or 

 eight miles an hour. Under such circum- 

 stances, green food in the stable has a cool- 

 ing influence, and acts as an alterative, and 

 therefore should be given. Indeed, there are 

 some constitutions that do not thrive witliont 

 it, dry food for a long continuance of time not 

 agreeing with them, but making them lank and 

 thin. Such descriptions of horses arc hardly 

 worth keeping, except for light work, as their 

 paces and action may be very pleasing. 



Green food being a kind of natural physic, 

 cooling, and operating as a gentle laxative, 

 many deny the necessity of any other kind of 

 medicine. In its operative principle, more 

 especially if the animal works on it, his litter 

 ■will be verv soft, if he does not quite scour. 

 This is a great benefit to the horse, by clear- 

 ing out the alimentary canal, and producing 

 that healthy secretion of functions nature is 

 so desirous of. After a time, however, the 

 purgative principle passes off, and he voids his 

 dung in rather a soft state than otherwise. An 

 animal kept on green food should not be put 

 to immoderate work, as it may produce in- 

 flammation of the intestines, and its frequent 

 consequence — death. 



To those who have not given this part of 

 our subject the consideration it merits, it may 

 be as well to observe, that green food, when 

 cut, soon spoils. Therefore, those who buy 

 the bundles of vetches or tares which are 

 brought into market, must be careful to see 

 that they are fresh and cool. Such vegetables 

 being frequently cut the day before, and tied 

 up in bundle, are full of moisture, and become 

 heated, and soon begin to rot. They should, 

 therefore, be fresh every day, and no more 

 taken in than can be consumed, as they soon 

 spoil if they happen to be pretty moist. If, 

 therefore, there is no certainty of a regular 

 supply, a good plan is to untie the bundles, 

 and spread them on the spare room of tlie floor 

 of the hay-loft. This will preserve them fresh 

 for two or three days. Should the animals 

 be in the habit of feeding on chaff", ifc is good 



policy to have a layer of vetches cut up with 



it. This will bo found cooling and refreshing, 

 especially if the weather is warm, and the 

 horses in full work. 



PHYSICKING. 



In the course of this work wc shall have occa- 

 sion to make reference to cathartic and other 

 balls. Those which, from experience, have been 

 found the most beneficial, we have arranged in 

 the subjoined form, and distinguished them b^ 

 numbers, so that an easy reference, at all 

 times, may be made to the different ingredients 

 of which they are composed. 

 No. 1. 



Barbadoes Aloes . . . . 1 oz. 



Ginger (powdered fine) . . 2 drachms. 

 If for immediate use, form into a ball, with 

 treacle ; but if not, with soft soap. "When the 

 horse is properly prepared with bran mashes, 

 as directed in our preceding pages — " On the 

 Management of Hunters" — this ball will be 

 found sufficiently strong for any animal. 



No. 2. 



Barbadoes Aloes . 

 Ginger . . . . 



. . G drachms. 

 . . 1 ,. 



Form into a ball, as prescribed for No. 1. This 

 ball is generally found strong enough for saddle- 

 horses of all descriptions. 

 No. 3. 



Barbadoes Aloes .... 4 drachms. 



Ginger 1 d 



Though this quantity of aloes will act as a 

 drastic purge on some constitutions, it will 

 scarcely move others. In the above foriiiulio 

 of purgative medicines, you have simply those 

 that actually stimulate the intestines to get 

 rid of their contents. 



No. 4. 



Barbadoes Aloes .... 5 drachms. 



Cape Aloes c 5 „ 



Ginger „ .....•• 2 „ 

 Mix, and form into a ball, with soft soap, for 

 large carriage or cart horses ; then treat as 

 above. This will be found to prove pretty 

 effective. 





