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Heaves. — If you want to have no trouble with heaves in your horees be 

 sure that they are fed no dusty aud dirty hay, wliich ia the prolific source <A 

 this annoyance. Ordinary clean hay can always be fed with safety if prop- 

 erly cut up, moistened, and mixed with ground grain; but to feed the musty 

 or dirty sorts is very injurious. Clover, owing to its hability to crumble, 

 often gets dirty, even after storage, and should never be fed without being 

 previously moistened. 



Very bad cases of heaves have been cured by simply feeding the animal 

 upon cut and moistened f»ed, of very good quality and in small quantities, 

 three times a day. For instance, four pounds of timothy hay and three quarts 

 of feed made of equal quantities of oats, corn, and wheat bran ground to- 

 gether. With this was mixed a small quantity of salt, and twice a week one 

 dram of sulphate of iron and half an ounce of ground gentian root were given 

 in the feed. A libcj-al bran mash every evening will also be very useful. A 

 horse that cannot bfe cured by this treatment is of no value, and may bo con- 

 sidered past ourte. 



The following is recommended by an agiicultural authority: Ouo dram 

 of tincture of aromatic sulphviric acid in a pint of water night and morning, 

 allowing the animal to drink from a bucket. The horse should also receive 

 in his food, night and morning, equal parts of powdered ginger, gentian, 

 sulphur, cream of tartar, charcoal, Ucorice, elecampane, caraway seed and 

 balm of Gilead buds (chopped fine), the dose to be an ounce. Be careful 

 and not overfeed the animal. 



Still another remedy is the following: Asafcetida, pulverized, one ounce; 

 camphor gum, pulverized, ene-half ounce; mix and divide into four powders; 

 feed one every other night for a week. 



Epizootic in Horses. — The disease known as " the epizootic " is a com- 

 mon one, but is rarely so general as to bo justly entitled to that distinction. 

 It is simply a catan-hal affection of the bronchial tubes, the lining of the air- 

 passages of the lungs, and the nasal sinuses, in fact, what may be called a 

 very bad cold, with some fever. It is treated by a saline purgative, as 8 to 

 12 oz. of Epsom salts, and afterwards half an ounce of saltpetre daily, with 

 warm drinks, general good nursing, and frequent rubbing of the limbs and 

 body to excite the circulation. 



SUying Horses. — A horseman whose horse is given to shying, ought 

 never to permit hunself to evince symptoms of nervousness nor piinish the 

 animal for exhibitions of timidity. Whenever a horse directs the points of 

 his ears in a certain direction, as though distrustful or afraid, the reins 

 should bo pulled in another direction, thus diverting the attention of the 

 animal from the object causing the perturbation. If, on the otlicr hand, 

 force or harsh means are used to compel an acquaintance with the object 

 feared the horse will bo doubly excited, if not unmanageable. We have 

 found, in cases of shying or halting at real or fancied objects of disquiet, that 

 stopping the horse and using soothing language, answers a very good pur- 

 pose. If the object is staticjnaiy, the horse, after a short time, Avill most 

 usually advauoo in the direction of it, approaching cautiously till satisfied 

 no danger is to bo apprehended, when he will resume his way in a quiet 

 mood. But if chastised for shying, ho will have two objects of fear instead 

 of one, and become more confirmed in the habit of distrustfulness. 



Best Material for Stable Floors. — A Western yritcr says: " I have 

 used i^lauk, macadam, cinders and boal-tar mixed, and clay pounded hard 



