40 PRIVATE PRESCRIPTIONS 
stances buy or trade for him if this popping, crushing — 
sound be present, unless you naturally wish to possess an © 
animal with this malady. The cough and hard breathing © 
can be gotten rid of for a short time, but no jockey can rob — 
a horse for a minute of the above sound when he has the © 
heaves. 
WHAT TO DO. 
A well devoloped case of the heaves can not be cured, 
but can be helped by careful feeding. Always feed with a 
view to getting the greatest amount of nourishment from 
the smallest amount in weight and bulk of food, and be 
sure to dampen every particle of dry food the patient gets. 
If grass in pastures be green and growing it is a good 
idea to allow free range, but if grass be dead this is 
not a good plan. Allow no access to stalk-fields at any 
time. To relieve the cough and improve the general health 
the following can be used with benefit: 
PRESCRIPTION. 
Lobelia Seed (powdered) . - . . . aqme 
Blood Rook. 3 ese os 4.0 0 2a 
Centiant aie iu os econ Gute se a oe 
Linseed Meal. 7" y. “2 « » 2 threes 
Mix and divide into 12 powders, give one night and 
morning. After giving these, rest for a week or ten days 
rest and repeat. Heaves in the first stage can be cured. 
We recognize the first stage by the presence of every symp- 
tom of a well developed case aside from the popping, crush- 
ing sound. When this peculiar sound is absent we can 
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