HORSES 



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"LISTIA" -GUAXD ClIAMI'IoX BELGIAN MAKE — Uwutd by C. Irvine, Ankcny, Iowa, 

 The BELGIAN draft horse is a native of Belgium. They vary greatly in weight and height. Stallions from Ardennais weigh about 

 1200 lbs., those from Flanders weigh 2000 lbs., the height varying accordingly. Chestnuts are popular, with numerous roans, bays 

 and browns. They lack the heavy hair on legs as on Clydesdales and Shires. 



CEREBRO SPINAL MENINGITIS 



Again we have a peculiar condition clue to 

 lack of care in the food of the horse. This 

 is ([uito serious and causes alarmins; losses 

 during the feeding months. 



Cause is generally accepted now to l)e 

 due to a fungus which is found in musty 

 oats, oat straw and probably corn. 



Symptoms are usually quite rapid in tb.eir 

 onset. Affected animal is found to be d(-wn 

 and unable to rise. Other horses make at- 

 tempts to eat and drink but cannot swallow. 

 A stringy discharge^ of saliva hangs from the 

 mouth and tiie l)r('ath gives forth a ])eculiar 

 mawkish smell. No reliable treatment has 

 yet been found to combat this condition. 

 One investigator has ])r()tluced a S(>rum 

 which gives i)romise of being a specific, but 

 further experiments are yet required before 

 it can be recommended. 



Following wet Falls great care should l)e 

 exercised in feeding grain which has Ix^come 

 tainted, and oat straw should be fed with 

 much caution. It is particularly necessary 

 to keep horses away from straw stacks. 



SKIN DISEASES 



Lice in j^oung horses are quite common 

 and a source of annoyance to the ui)-to-date 

 owner. Many times their presence seems 

 to indicate a lack of care and attention. 

 If the owner knew how much agony and loss 

 of flesh that lice cause, he would do all in his 

 power to destroy the pests. X'arious remedies 

 in the form of powders and liciuids are rec- 

 ommended and meet witii varying results. 



One of the most effective treatments is that 

 of equal parts of cottonscnnl oil and kero- 

 sene which should be appHed quite warm. 

 If large areas are to be treated it should l)e 

 done only during mild weather and repeated 

 Qvcvy two w(H>ks. 



Bleeding Warts occasionally make their 

 ai)pcanince on the skin, and, as the name 

 imjilies, they present a raw, bloody surface. 

 Wiiile they are not regarded with any degree 

 of alarm, most owners are desirous of a 

 remedy. Such will be found by daily 

 painting the raw surface with nitric acid, 

 care being taken not to let any of the remedy 

 touch the sound skin. 



