WATER. 



CHAPTER XXVII. 



WATER. 



UNDER all circumstances give your horse clean water ; 

 no animal is more particular about his water, he will 

 almost die of thirst rather than drink from a dirty, greasy 

 bucket ; muddy water he will drink, but greasy water 

 never. He will reject his feed for the same reason, and 

 is probably the most dainty of all animals, being neither 

 carnivorous nor omnivorous. His feed trough should be 

 whitewashed inside once a month if it can be done, and 

 always looked into or felt before feeding, to out pick any- 

 thing in the shape of a nail or pebble, if any happen to be 

 there. Never allow your horse to drink from a public horse 

 trough without examining if any noxious matter happens 

 to be there, from horses before him ; from not attending 

 to this, glanders may be transmitted, and other diseases. 



