92 HORSE-BREEDING FOR FARMERS CHAP. 
stallion on the road. At the termination of a season, 
stallions that have kept full of flesh should be 
gradually cooled down and their beef reduced, and 
if the owner has not a loose box with a good run 
they should be turned out for some hours a day. I 
do not say that this is desirable in the case of all 
horses, or in the case of a Thoroughbred which has 
all his life been used to a warm stable and dry meat. 
And _ now let us return to the foal just dropped, 
and which has learned to suck. There are, in the 
first place, two things to watch, viz. that the bowels 
act, and that they do not act too freely. To ensure 
the first, many use a tallow candle as a suppository 
the first day. To guard against excessive scouring, 
the following treatment should be pursued. As a 
rule, nothing should be done to obstruct nature’s 
efforts, and a little laxness of the bowels need not 
cause any anxiety, but where regular scouring or 
the “shute” sets in I have found a dose of camphor 
dissolved in fine spirits of wine a most effectual 
remedy. The foal that scours should be kept 
warmly covered in a blanket or woollen rug fastened 
round the belly, and its legs bandaged in woollen 
bandages up to the arms and thighs. The follow- 
ing methods of treatment are also recommended :-— 
(1) Give 2 oz. of castor-oil with half-an-ounce of 
laudanum. Such water as is given should be very 
little in quantity, and tepid. The diet should con- 
sist of rice boiled to a pulp in new milk, and about 
a quart of new milk may be given during the day. 
When the foal is stronger, a few crushed oats and 
good old hay may be given. (2) 2 oz. of camphor 
dissolved, 2 oz. of spirits of wine, add water, and 
