CHAPTER IX. 

 COLDS, DISEASES, AND SHOEING. 



Colds— Care in Shoeing— Watch the Farpiep— Shape of ordinary 

 Shoe— Patent Shoes. 



HORSES, like other animals, are not exempt from 

 diseases and accidents, but it is not my intention to 

 treat upon the various complaints they are subject to 

 because when a horse is really ill it is far better to call in 

 a veterinary surgeon at once. I do not give advice I 

 would not take myself. If my own horses are ill, although 

 I understand a little about diseases, I make it a rule, 

 because I think it wise, to call in a veterinary surgeon at 

 once, as delay is often dangerous. Of course, I do not 

 mean to say when a horse takes a little cold it is necessary 

 to send for a veterinary. If it only happens to be a cold I 

 never use anything but stewed linseed, worked up in a bran 

 mash, and let the animal have it as hot as it can take it. 

 If the horse has a sore throat the steam from the mash 

 does it a great deal of good, and at the same time the 

 throat should be well rubbed with a little strong oils 

 between the two jaw bones and round the gullet. A 

 person who does not understand horses should always 

 use simple remedies, if they do not get proper advice 



