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times throw out the food when it is only half chewed. 

 It will frequently cause nasal gleet or running of the 

 nose, and indigestion. Sometimes the molars become 

 sharp as a knife and cut the sides of the mouth. Proper 

 filing and care of the teeth is all that is necessary. 

 Wolf teeth are superfluous teeth and should be drawn 

 out 



BIG HEAD. 



Big head is known by a lump or bony tumor on 

 the face between the nostrils and the eye, which finally 

 breaks out in small holes, discharging a thick substance. 

 It ends in a complete diseased state of the bony structure. 

 It is caused by a weakness in the parents of the horse. 

 It is even known to descend in the horse family for four 

 or five generations, and a horse bred from stock like 

 this is almost sure to have the same disease, no matter 

 what preventives are taken. 



It is caused in the first place by poor food and lack 

 on the part of the animal of assimilating the phosphates. 

 It is well to steer clear of a horse where this disease is 

 known to have been in the family, even though it has 

 been a couple of generations back. 



A horse predisposed to big head, however, can have 

 no better advantages for building up his health than by 



