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small lioldiiig". Supposing teain-liorses are not brought back to 

 the stable at their regular meal time, they should be fed out in 

 the open from a nose^bag. When a horse or pony is driven on 

 a long journey to market, or when a waggon is sent to a 

 distant station to fetch coke, or to deliver corn, etc., nO'Se-bags 

 nmst not be forgotten, so that the horses may be baited 

 when their i-egular feeding-time arrives. Only a small quan- 

 tity of chaff should be mixed with the feed of corn put in the 

 nose-bag, so that the horses are able to clear up the food in a 

 reasonable space of time. 



Sunstroke. — During very hot weather in the summer 

 season, special care should be taken to prevent the heat affect^ 

 ing the horses in an injurious manner, and to avoid risks of 

 sunstroke. Under these conditions the horses must be kept in 

 the shade as much as possible, and any unnecessary exposure 

 to the sunshine during the hot hours of the day nmst be 

 avoided. While horses are kept standing about in the open, 

 during the course of their work, it is easy to let them stand 

 in a shaded place. Care must be taken not to overwork or 

 over-fatigue a horse in hot weather, as over-exertion or much 

 fatigue are great causes of sunstroke. As soon as an animal 

 shows signs of being affected by the heat, which fact is evi- 

 denced by its breathing becoming abnormally quick and short, 

 or by its standing or moving in a listless maimer, ajid by 

 exhibiting signs of distress generally, it must immediately 

 be taken off fts work, and brought into the stable, or taken 

 to a shaded and cool place. It must be offered some water, 

 and lequires rest for the remainder of the day. It 

 is very necessary to offer liorses water at frequent 

 intervals in hot weather, while it is a good plan to add 

 some oatmeal gruel to the drinking water, as il-.h not only 

 If freshes, ])ut also strengthens the horse's. 



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