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roots cut fine, wheat bran (or even the flour), and you 

 will not see any heaves,* and he will do as much work 

 as though he were sound, and yet it is very desirable to 

 cure him of this disease if possible, for it is more trouble 

 and costs more to feed him in this way, besides it lessens 

 his value, for he is not a sound horse. 



Some people class the heaves with the diseases de- 

 scribed in the foregoing chapters, for both excite a 

 cough, but very different in character. The organs 

 affected are quite different. With heaves, the breath is 

 longf^r, and the flanks are worked with more of a sudden 

 jerk than they are in the former diseases. Now, in order 

 to cure the horse of this disease, let him have food that 

 will favor the object, and, in the first place, feed him one 

 or two quarts of wheat flour every morning, with equal 

 parts, say a teaspoonfull of each, of cream tartar and 

 soda, occasionally omitting the soda, and in lieu thereof, 

 use calcined magnesia. Prepare this in any way that 

 the horse will eat it best. Every other evening give 

 the following: One teaspoonfull of balsam of fir, one 

 tablespoonful of honey, and a half teaspoonfull of pul- 

 verized lobelia seed, either in drink or made into a ball 

 with flour. This course will cure most cases of heaves 

 entirely if continued two or three weeks. You should 

 also wet his hay or straw, and add a handful of brown 



■* If you feed dry hay, do not allow the horse more than eight or 

 ten pounds per day at most, if heavey, for he will eat more than will 

 digest well, and this irritates the stomach, and induces heaves. But 

 what is better, are corn stalks, for he eats those slower, masUcates 

 them better, and he does not eat more of them than will digest in 

 the stomach. 



