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mentation takes place, causing rupture of the walls 

 of the stomach, or the animal may die from exhaus- 

 tion and suffocation, or from brain affection. In 

 order to prevent this the horse should be fed at 

 regular periods, at least five hours apart. A com- 

 mon cause of this is a horse getting loose during 

 the night and going to the oat or corn bin and gorg- 

 ing itself. I have known a great many deaths 

 from this cause. The oats or corn should not be 

 kept where a horse can get at them if it should 

 chance to rub off its halter or get loose during the 

 night. A common cause of this is giving the horse 

 a large feed because it is going to do a hard day's 

 work or a long journey. When the horse comes 

 in from a hard day's work or a long journey it 

 should first have a little hay to eat, then water and 

 then grain. If it gets its grain first, while hungry 

 and the stomach weak, it bolts it down and the 

 stomach is not able to digest it, and the above re- 

 sult takes place, but when a little hay is first given, 

 the animal eats it more slowly and the stomach 

 gains a little strength, thus preventing colic. 

 Treatment for Indigestion: Give aloes, one 

 ounce; carbonate of soda, one-half ounce; ground 

 ginger, one-half ounce; dissolve this in half 

 a pint of boiling water, then add half a 

 pint more of cold water. To stimulate the stom- 

 ach give half a pint of good whiskey in a little wa- 

 ter or one dram of nux vomica rubbed up in hot 

 water; repeat this dose every three hours. If it 

 is suffering much pain, give it two drams fluid ex- 

 tract of belladonna every three hours, or four 



