170 AMERICAN STABLE GUIDE. 



result in pleurisy, lung disease, bowel affections, or foun- 

 dering. 



Make a solution of the acetate of ammonia, eight ounces, 

 and give as a drench out of a bottle, and increase the 

 clothing till the chill is checked. It should be given when 

 freshly made. 



Horses are subject to chills in winter after drinking 

 water. To avoid this, fill each bucket and place them in 

 the stable on a sparred rack laid on the floor, so that the 

 water will, before the hour for watering comes around, be 

 of the temperature of the stable, and near that of the body 

 of the horses also. 



