98 avery's own farrier. 



the above, give physic, clothe warm, and rub the legs 

 well, not forgetting to regulate the food according to the 

 demands of the stomach. 



WIND COLIC. 



Symptoms. — The horse is very restless, often lying 

 down and then starting up again; he will strike his belly 

 with his hind feet, refuses to eat, and generally bloats 

 unless he finds relief. 



Cure.— Take a piece of white chalk the size of a small 

 hen's egg; pulverize this and put it in a quart bottle; 

 and when you are ready to turn it down him, fill the 

 bottle up with good vinegar, and let the horse drink it 

 immediately. The elfervescence of these two ingredients 

 is such that the bottle will not long contain them after 

 being mixed. After the operation of this medicine 

 (which will not be long, for it is pretty sure fire), it will 

 be well to give the horse some stimulus, or warming 

 medicine, such as whiskey and pepper, or add to his food 

 a little mustard or ginger. The chalk and vinegar are 

 not beneficial so much for their purgative properties, for 

 they contain none, although the horse seldom retains 

 them much longer than the bottle does; but it neutral- 

 izes the gases of the stomach and bowels, which are the 

 cause of the bloat and distress that attend them in this 

 complaint. It generally has about the same effect when 

 the horse is in trouble in consequence of eating too much 

 Indian meal which has baked in the maw, &c., which has 

 destroyed great numbers of them in this country; it neu- 

 tralizes or loosens the whole mass, and thus gives relief. 



