TREATMENT 

 OF COIiIC 



348 ABID AGRICULTURE. 



cine down the horse's nose; nature never in- 

 tended that way. J^either try to blow powder 

 down his throat — the horse may blow first. 

 Do not terrorize the animal by chasing him 

 around and forcing him to exercise. There 

 are more foolish things done for a colicy 

 horse — done with the best intentions; in fact, so 

 much is usually done that the horse simply gives 

 up in despair and dies, when he might have re- 

 covered had he been left to himself. The great- 

 est mistake made in this connection is the com- 

 mon belief that because a horse stretches himself 

 out when he has colic there is necessarily some- 

 thing Avrong Avith his kidneys or bladder. Very 

 seldom is there anything wrong with the horse's 

 bladder or his kidneys ; but when he has pain in 

 his bowels he likes to stretch the muscles over 

 his belly by getting his front and hind legs far 

 apart. Further than that, it is a fact that a 

 horse has cramps in his bowels if he is imable 

 to relieve the bladder. However, the bladder 

 will not siifFer from distention for several hours. 

 The result of this common mistake is to give the 

 horse sweet spirits of nitre for his kidneys, or 

 perhaps a little buchu or rosin. 



Assuming that you are far from town, with 

 no competent veterinarian available, and have 

 only household remedies upon which to depend, 

 we will suggest that you give an ounce of tur- 



