CHAPTER VI. 



AILMENTS AND REMEDIES. 



Most Ailments Come from Improper Feeding and Watering 

 Importance of Having a Good Teamster Worms 

 Indigestion Colic Sore Shoulders Choking Distemper 

 H eaves Dysentery. 



With food don t stuff me, yet stint me not ; 

 Give me water to drink when I am not too hot ; 

 Then come what may, P II fail you not. 



The majority of horse ailments may be traced, directly or 

 indirectly, to improper feeding and watering, careless man- 

 agement in the stable and in harness. 



A careless driver is a very frequent cause of loss. On the 

 -contrary, a driver who is a close observer of the team in his 

 charge, noting every move made and understanding the ani- 

 mals' requirements and ability, rarely has a sick, lame or 

 .galled horse. For this reason, to place a cheap man over a 

 good pair of horses is the height of folly. The man getting 

 one- third more wages, who is a good teamster, which in- 

 cludes the terms " good manager," " close observer," and 

 " humane," will much more than earn the extra money paid 

 liim in increase of work performed, decrease of grain, med- 

 icine and repair bills, and length of the horses' period of 

 usefulness. There is no reason why a first- class team, six to 

 eight years old, should not serve continuously and satisfac- 

 torily for a term of twelve to sixteen years, if properly pro- 

 tected, fed and looked out for. 



