DISEASES OF ANIMALS. 19 



Young animals, that are growing fast, are very hearty 

 and need good keeping. Those that are fattening require 

 rich food and a good supply. Yet there are seasons in 

 which some animals are not growing, fattening, nor 

 laboring, and there are no heavy draughts upon them ; in 

 such cases they should be fed only moderately, and with 

 plain food, as that which is rich will tend to cloying and 

 disease. 



In grazing, animals are often injured and their health 

 destroyed, by feeding on unwholesome plants in luxuri- 

 ant, wet, marshy lands, and by the unv/holesome exha- 

 lations and water of such regions. In such cases, give 

 salt, ashes, a little salt-petre now and then, tar, and other 

 condiments that are conducive to health ; and keep ani- 

 mals from such lands at night, and supply with water 

 from high lands, if possible. 



Unwholesome food is often fed to animals in wmter, 

 such as bad grain, musty hay, and other fodder, and 

 hay salted too highly, to save it when got in green. In 

 such cases a peck of salt to a ton is too much, if it all be 

 salted at this rate , for thirteen cows will eat about a ton 

 of hay in a week ; and we have observed that when cattle 

 are at grass, at a season in which they eat more salt than 

 in winter, thirtee^x grown animals will not, on an average, 

 through the summer, eat four quarts of salt a week, given 

 to them twice. This would indicate four quarts to a ton 

 to be an abundance. 



Musty hay is improved by cutting and moistening 

 with water, adding occasionally a little salt to the water, 

 if no salt was put on the hay. 



Guard all descriptions of stock against cold and expo- 

 sure, especially against cold storms of rain, sleet and 

 damp snow, and against lying out on the cold ground, in 

 cool nights, in the spring and fall. 



In a dry time, see that animals have a good supply of 

 pure water. When the fountains are low, they drink the 

 drainings of fountains, streams, and passages of water, 

 which are unwholesome. 



If barns and stables are very tight and warm, ventilate 

 in mild weather, even in winter. 



In feeding animals on apples or roots, begin with a 



