216 HORSE SENSE. 



Question. How can a spavin or ringbone be cured? A. The lame- 

 ness may usually be cured by repeated blisters or well-done firing; but 

 the enlargement will remain in spite of any satisfactory treatment that 

 has yet been devised. 



Question. What is good for colts troubled with lice? A. Corn, 

 oats, bran and hay, aided by gasoline used carefully as in above. Kero- 

 sene and soft soap emulsion, or Persian insect powder dusted in the hair 

 on neck, withers and back. 



Question. Do you recommend feeding good oat straw to idle 

 horses? A. Yes; clean oat straw makes a very good coarse food for 

 horses, whether working or idle. When working, the horse needs a little 

 more grain than when fed on clover and timothy hay. 



Question. Do wolf teeth make horses blind? A. No. Leave them 

 alone. 



Question. What is the cause and proper treatment of colic? A. 

 Anything that interferes with the digestive processes, in the whole or 

 any portion of the alimentary canal, may cause an attack of colic, e. g., 

 sudden changes from dry to green food or the reverse, watering after 

 eating grain, finely, ground corn meal, unmixed, excessive feeding of 

 hay, full drink of very cold water when horse is warm, or feeding when 

 horse is very tired, and some cases are probably due to the presence of 

 parasitic worms in certain arteries that furnish blood to the intestines. 



Question. I have a three-year-old colt which has a whitish colora- 

 tion or change in the pupil of the eye with the full of the moon, and then 

 goes blind. About five days later the spot leaves and the eyesight re- 

 turns. What is the trouble? A. This is evidently a case of periodic 

 ophthalmia, and the patient will probably go blind. Treatment would 

 not be apt to give good satisfaction. 



Question. Is cob meal ground with oats good feed for horses? A. 

 Yes, but the cob should be ground fine — not merely crushed. 



Question. How is millet, for feed, for working horses, when ground 

 and mixed with bran? A. There is some dispute among veterinarians 

 and feeders, over this point; but the majority of those who have studied 

 the matter and had large experience in feeding millet agree that it is a 

 safe and valuable food for horses if cut early. 



Question, (i) Is barley good feed for growing colts? (2) How 

 about barley straw for horses? A. (i) Barley is nearly equal to corn 

 for > horse-feed, but it should be crushed. {2) Barley straw is less 

 nutritious than oat straw, and the beards cause a great deal of trouble 

 to horses mouths. 



Question. Which would you feed first to horses — hay or grain? A. 

 The ideal way to feed a horse is first water, second hay, third grain, but 

 the difference between this and grain first and hay second, as horses 

 usually eat, is not very decided. A few horses will eat grain and hay 

 together, which is possibly better still. The old street car system of feed- 

 ing horses, by cutting hay or straw, wetting it, and mixing the ground 

 grain, was a very safe and very economical system of feeding horses on 



