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baffled the skill of as raany farriers as any other one dis- 

 ease of the horse. One reason of this is, because it has 

 been so little understood. Some have contended that it 

 was in the throat, and others that it was on the lungs, 

 &c. I will endeavor to describe it so that you will get 

 my views of it at least. 



There are two pipes, one leading to the stomach and 

 the other to the lungs. Where they meet there is a sort 

 of valve, known as the throttle valve. A hearty eater 

 (for they are the most liable to this complaint) in eating 

 coarse and dry food, irritates this place, then by a hard 

 drive, and being exposed to the cold, it becomes swollen, 

 and finally becomes a running sore or canker, for you 

 never saw a horse that was fed on straw or cut feed, 

 that was wet or well moistened, get the heaves. If it 

 ■was seated on the lungs, the horse would become weak 

 and tire out when put to work, which is not the case; 

 besides it would create inflammation and kill him at once. 



Now you turn a horse out to pasture a few days, 

 that has simply got the heaves, and you will see 

 nothing of it. Then you put him up to dry hay 

 one night, and let him drink cold water, and he will 

 heave as bad as ever. Now has the hay or water touched 

 the lungs ? No; but it has touched the parts affected. 

 The philosophy of it is simply this: the grass is cooling 

 and healing, and has allayed the inflammation in those 

 parts; the horse breathes free and easy again, and the 

 wound is partially healed under those circumstances. If 

 he should always be allowed this kind of diet, he would 

 not need any medicine to cure this disease, would he ? 

 You allow him moistened straw with his meal, plenty of 



