ON PURGING. 13 



Directions for physicing a Horse. 



-;1 Either of these purges should be given early^in 

 the morning, on an empty stomach: in two hours 

 after give your horse a feed of scalded bran, new 

 milk warm, or rather warmer, and a little good 

 hay at a time, and often ; also two more mashes 

 the same day. If, however, he refuses them, give 

 him dry bran, with a handfull of oats mixed with 

 it. Take care the water you give him be new 

 inilk warm. Early the next morning give an- 

 other mash, and plenty of warm water.: clothe 

 him, and ride him gently about, two or three 

 times in the course of the day. If the physic 

 works too much, give him less water and less 

 exercise; if too little, give him more exercise, 

 and as much warm water as he will drink : at 

 night, when the physic has ceased to operate, 

 give him a good feed of oats, with a little dry 

 bran. While the physic is working, the horse 

 should on no account be suffered to go out in 

 the rain or wet, but should be gently walked 

 about in a dry and clean place ^ and warm water 

 should also be given him (if he will drink it), for 



