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their vitality, and consequently their power 

 of resisting disease. 



The temperature of the drinking water may 

 be sufficiently raised (1) by simply keeping it 

 for a time in a barrel or in buckets in the 

 stable ; (2) by adding a little hot water to 

 each bucket before offering it to the horse ; 

 or (3) by placing the water in the feeding 

 trough of the spare stall usually available in 

 remount stables. This latter alternative has 

 this advantage : that it diminishes the chances 

 of young horses being infected with various 

 diseases, which are not uncommon when they 

 are all watered at the same trough, and fur- 

 ther it gives each horse the opportunity of 

 drinking when thirsty. It is needless to add 

 that the trough should be emptied and 

 cleaned out once a day. 



Water given on the line of march ot during 

 manoeuvres in warm weather is quickly 

 absorbed into the system ; hence within half- 

 an hour of drinking, severe exercise may be 

 given without any ill-effects following. Haif- 

 a-bucket of water has about the same effect on 

 a horse as half-a-pint of water on a man. 



A horse should always be watered before 

 being fed. This is the general practice in the 



