34 DISEASES OF HORSES AND CATTLE. 



drains of chloride chloral hydrate dissolved in a 

 pint of water, every three or four hours. If the 

 physic does not operate in twenty-four hours, re- 

 peat the dose. If the horse will drink water, give 

 it, as it may wash some of the contents out and 

 thus relieve, experience proves that it is good prac- 

 tice to do so. 



Dilatation of the Stomach Due to Bad Manage- 

 ment in ELorses. — If a horse is fed on bulky food 

 given in great quantities, at all times, without reg- 

 ular intervals, distention of the stomach takes 

 place, which, weakens its walls, preventing it from 

 performing its functions of digesting the food, re- 

 sulting in dyspepsia or colic. In order to prevent 

 this, feed the horse at regular intervals and in 

 small quantities: fourteen pounds of good hay and 

 ten pounds of oats is sufficient for a horse in the 

 twenty-four hours, whether used as a driving 

 horse or for doing an ordinary day's work. When 

 a horse is overworked, it requires more food, but 

 this is done at the expense of the animal's health. 

 I have taken notice in the spring of the year, when 

 the farm horse has to work long hours and is fed 

 six to ten quarts of oats at a feed, that I have been 

 called to a great many cases of colic. It is poor 

 economy to overwork and overfeed the horse. 



CRIB-BITERS AND WIND-SUCKERS. 



This is a habit with some animals, and in others 

 it is caused by a deranged condition of the diges- 

 tive organs. A crib-biter seizes the manger or 

 anything it can get hold of with its teeth, arches 



