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 ^te that which accompanies thick wind, and prevent 

 either from de^eneratinij into broi^en wind. A course 

 of tar-water or lime-water may be tried alone, or 

 may accompany the use of these Balis, and w liich 

 very often relieves. It is common, in this obstinate 

 habitual cough, for dealers to give, on the morning 

 they mean to shew their horse for sale, balls of butter 

 or lard: these, by lubricating the throat, and lessen- 

 ing its irritability for a few hours, stop the cough. 

 But this trick does not succeed when the wind is 

 broken, for in that case it is not the upper part of the 

 throat that forms the disease, but the lungs them- 

 selves. The cough (that is, the effect of cold, v.hich 

 is known by its being recent and of short date) is best 

 treated by the Cough and Fever Powders [page 

 19]. For this sort of cough these are perfectly certain 

 in their operation of removing it. 



CRACKS. See Grease. 



CRIBBITING. 



This affection is prevented by placing a straj) round 

 the upper part of the horse's neck, tightened till the 

 cribbitiiig action ceases, without hurting his breathins-. 

 Cribbiters labour under an undeserved stigma: it is true 

 they are seldom very full of f^esh, but they are in ge- 

 neral perfectly fit for all the purposes required of 

 them ; and though they cannot be warranted sound, 

 they are but httle, if any, the worse for this peculiar 

 affection. Cribbiting is often the consequence of a 

 winter's run in a straw-yard, badly supplied with fod- 

 der: whoever, therefore, turns his horse to straw- 

 yard for the winter, would do well iirst to satisfy 



