270 Western Live-stock Management 
conditions are noticed, the horse should be stopped at 
once and blanketed, and put under the treatment of a 
competent veterinarian. While the veterinarian is 
coming, it is beneficial to put blankets wrung out of hot 
water over the loin. If the veterinarian cannot be secured 
quickly, the horse should be given a dose of bromide of 
potassium (four drams) and sweet niter (one ounce) ; 
drench slowly and carefully, giving the horse time to 
swallow. The horse should not be moved, but left 
where one sees the first symptom. If none of these 
remedies is available, the horse should be allowed to stand 
until he has recovered, which usually will be in a short 
time if stopped at the start. If the horse is not stopped 
at once, he will usually “go down” and there is a high 
mortality when the disease advances to this point. 
The speed and the amount of the load at which a 
horse works influence to a large degree the efficiency of 
the horse power produced. A draft horse working under 
a heavy load can do the work more, efficiently when 
walking at the rate of two to two-and-one-half miles an 
hour than at any other gait. Therefore, it is false economy 
to speed the horse up and put on a light load, expecting 
a larger amount of work. When the speed is increased 
above that mentioned, the efficiency of the horse power 
produced is decreased accordingly. When the horse 
trots at the rate of ten miles an hour, the amount of work 
which it is possible for him to perform is decidedly de- 
creased, being about 10 per cent of the maximum amount 
which can be done at a slower gait. Under usual cir- 
cumstances, a horse should be required to exert a pull of 
about one-tenth of his weight. When a horse is over- 
loaded or underloaded, the efficiency is greatly reduced. 
Under practical conditions this is of value, for it influences 
