HORSE SENSE. l\JO 



THOUSANDS OF HORSES DIE ANNUALLY FROM TOO 

 MUCH WATER AT A TLME. 



Thousands of horses die every summer from the effects of drinking 

 too much cold water, after having to go so long a time before being sup- 

 plied with that natural and necessary beverage. 



DIETING HORSES. 



The secret of feeding horses to advantage is to keep their appetites 

 and digestion (which are very closely allied) in perfect condition; and 

 to do this is to study closely the dififerences in likes and dislikes in the 

 tastes and relish of each individual animal, some having very marked 

 preferences for one article of food, and strong dislikes for others, one 

 horse doing well and thriving on some foods, while others will fall off in 

 flesh on the same diet. 



HORSES HAVE AN AVERSION TO FOOD OR DRINK OF A 

 GREASY NATURE. 



Almost all horses have an aversion to food or drink of a greasy 

 nature, and yet there is occasionally one that will go to the swill bar- 

 rel and fill up on its contents of every character. 



SOME HORSES CAN BE TAUGHT TO EAT TOBACCO AND 

 DRINK ALCOHOL. 



Some horses can be taught to consume tobacco and even alcoholic 

 drinks, and as a stimulant the latter has been used to a considerable ex- 

 tent for faint-hearted racehorses. But the administration of stimulants is 

 not to be commended, as a rule. 



HAY AND GRAIN REGULARLY BETTER THAN CONDITION 

 POWDERS. 

 Good, clean grain and hay, with water at regular intervals and in 

 moderate quantities, is the best for all horses, and when so treated, there 

 is rarely any call for stimulants or appetizing foods, such as condition 

 powders, and a long '»ne of appetizers, blood regulators, etc., so freely 

 advertised. 



DRUGGING HORSES. 



Among the most pernicious ideas which possess the minds of many 

 farmers and would-be horsemen is the notion that almost any one can 

 "doctor a horse;" that some kind of medicine must be given to every one 

 upon the least symptom of disease; and that, when he is well and thrifty, 

 some drugs must be given him now and then to keep him so. The reader 

 will not have to strain his thinker very badly to recall some one who 

 believes that good feed, exercise and comfortable quarters are not nearly 

 so essential to health and thrift as a few doses of condition powders, 

 given occasionally; that foul water and no salt is all right, if he has a 

 little sulphur and copperas once in awhile. 



