THEIR FEED AND THEIR FEET. 37 



a little later, came into the hands of one who in his 

 own stable tried the two-meal system ; and she, too, 

 became plump and round on less feed than she was 

 supposed to have at the boarding stable. It was not 

 . that this man was a natural born oat-stealer, but it is 

 to be presumed that, being lectured on feeding, by 

 an amateur horseman, he thought, "All right ; if he 

 wants to pay me for starving his hosses I'll give him 

 his money's worth ! " 



"COLDS" FROM INDIGESTION. 



Without doubt most hard-working animals digest 

 a considerable proportion of all three of their meals 

 at night after getting thoroughly rested from the 

 day's work ; the balance (quite a percentage, too, 

 with highly-fed animals) does not simply pass along 

 and out as an undigested residue always, but fer- 

 ments (as indicated often by flatulency or some de- 

 gree of purging, etc. ; or, again, constipation may be 

 produced), poisons the blood, overtaxes the kidneys 

 and the lungs, until finally — whatever the weather, 

 and with or without unusual exposure — the disease 

 breaks out in what is popularly, but mistakenly, 

 called " a cold " (slight influenza) ; and, if the condi- 

 tions have been especially aggravated — as, for exam- 

 ple, if the stomach has been very much overloaded 

 frequently, or if during a period of reasonably warm 

 weather there has been no diminution of feed, and 

 if feeding is kept up in spite of the " attack " — the 

 result may be a full-fledged influenza or the dreaded 

 pneumonia. 



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