324 avery's own farrier. 



feel amply rewarded for the time and trouble it has cost 

 me to throw my thoughts on these pages. And yet I 

 know that if it should be appreciated, and generally 

 adopted in veterinary practice, that it will be the means 

 of saving thousands that might otherwise go to the bats 

 every year. And when they show that I have not as clear 

 a head, and as honest a heart as other men, on the true 

 principle of governing a horse in health, and when 

 diseased, it is hoped that they will prove this by giving 

 to the world something better than I have done. 



I can not help protesting against the old method of 

 giving advice to the effect that when a horse was or had 

 been diseased, to trade him off, or sell him as quick as 

 possible. My advice to the owners of such animals 

 would be to first cure them of any and all diseases that 

 they may have, which can be done, and then do as they 

 please about parting with them. Or, if they sell them, 

 sell them for what they are 'worth, as they are, hiding 

 nothing. 



I was astonished to-day on taking up the New York 

 Tribune (February 20th, 1858), to see that the editor of 

 that valuable paper should, after giving his patrons some 

 wholesome advice as to the treatment of several diseases 

 of the horse, wind up the thread of his discourse by fol- 

 lowing this old method of advice in these words: "And 

 now, one word to the owner of a horse that has had one 

 bad attack of inflammation, either of the lungs or of the 

 bowels — get rid of him as soon as possible." 



Now what one man would gain by following such 

 advice as that, another must certainly lose, and, be- 



