DISEASES OF THE HORSE. 117 



out with a solution of Germ Killer, then Healing Lotion or Absorbent should be 

 injected, full strength, into the cavity. In this manner fistulas can be successfully 

 treated. 



See Prescription No. 114, page 178. 



FLATULENT COLIC. 



(See Colic, page 113, the treatment of which is the same.) 



FLIES. 



It is needless to say that flies are a nuisance to stock owners. However, they 

 are not only a nuisance, but dangerous, for they are the means of carrying and 

 spreading disease, thereby causing heavy losses to stock raisers and owners. They 

 annoy horses to such an extent as to keep them in one continual fret and worry. 

 It is impossible to keep a horse in flesh when thus continually disturbed. 



Milking cows are often so disturbed by flies as to cause their owners serious 

 loss, owing to the shortage of milk. It is for this reason that all horse and cow 

 stables should be darkened during the fly season each morning, and the stables 

 thoroughly sprayed with Fly Oil. This should be sprayed upon the cows while 

 they are in the stable and a few minutes before milking time. When this 

 IS done the cow will quiet down and give her milk freely and naturally, yield- 

 ing extra milk to pay many times for the Fly Oil. It is for this reason that 

 a good Fly Oil is an invaluable preparation to have on hand during the fly season. 

 "A word to the wise is sufficient." 

 See Prescription A'o. 115, page 179. 



FOALING. 



The required time of gestation, or the period in which a mare carries her 

 colt, is eleven months, at which time special attention should be given the mare. 

 Place her loose in a box-stall with plenty of bedding; the drinking water should 

 have the chill taken from it, and her bowels should be kept in a natural condition 

 by giving her laxative food. 



After the labor pains have appeared, it would be well to keep watch of her, 

 and if she does not deliver her colt within a reasonable length of time — say, one 

 hour — it will be advisable to make an examination. Upon doing so, if the colt 

 be in a natural position, the nose and front feet are the first to be felt. If such 

 be the case, the attendant may assist the mare in delivering her colt by pulling 

 on the front feet. Any other position would indicate an unnatural condition, of 

 foaling. 



When the colt is born the navel cord should be tied two inches from the body 

 with a string soaked in Umbilicure ; the navel cord should then be cut about four 

 inches from the body. Umbilicure should be applied three times daily to the 

 navel cord until it dries up and drops ofi. This will prevent the colt from 

 becoming infected with navel diseases. Important in connection with this article 

 is the article on Navel Diseases in Colts. 



See Prescription No. 116, page 179. 



FOUNDER. 



Founder is a congested condition of the feet, and so affects them as to leave 

 them in a diseased condition unless properly treated. An animal may be foundered 

 by being overfed, by being watered or fed when in too warm a condition for 

 receiving same, or by overdriving. 



The first thing noticed will be an inability to move, especially their feet. They 



