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watering. When persons are occasionally so situated that 
they cannot unyoke their horses at stated times for food 
and rest, then they ought to carry hay and a nose-bag, and 
a supply of corn along with them. Indeed, it is surprising 
that if humanity does not influence many men to be kind 
to this valuable animal, self-interest ought to have the effect 
of inducing proper treatment. 
Staggers often attacks horses while they are at grass. 
This, however, happens chiefly with such as have been 
previously stinted in their food, or where the pasture is very 
rich. In such cases, nature generally works its own cure ; 
because, if the horse is kept from eating, the natural sap 
in green food will soon assist in promoting digestion. 
Horses that have frequent attacks of staggers are very 
liable to have their sight impaired by it. Indeed we have 
known instances of total blindness from this cause. 
CATARRH, OR COMMON COLD. 
The sudden transitions from heat to cold to which horses 
are so frequently, and often so thoughtlessly, exposed, 
renders this a very common complaint with them. If 
masters and servants would bear in their remembrance the 
old and true adage “ that it is better and easier to keep 
well than to make well,” their horses would not require 
half the medicines which are given to them. 
A simple cold, if neglected, may end in an incurable 
disease, especially with horses of a delicate constitution. 
Catarrh commences with a slight degree of fever, with some 
little discharge from the nose and eyes, accompanied by 
cough, which is sometimes hard, frequent, and painful to 
the horse. When this is the case, bleeding will be neces¬ 
sary. But if the cough is not severe, the complaint may 
generally be removed by simple treatment. The horse 
