ON THE MANAGEMENT OF THE FARM HORSE. 
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A shoe was made and applied which had a piece of iron welded 
to the toe, and which stood perpendicular to the shoe, directly straight 
up, in front of the hoof, as high as the coronet, leaving a consider¬ 
able angular space between it and the hoof. This shoe was laid 
on evenly to the heels; the inner surface of the iron was well oiled, 
and the space between it and the hoof afterwards plugged up care¬ 
fully with prepared wax, whilst the foot was held in the air. The 
horse’s foot was then put down, and the animal made to walk about. 
Result .—There was no change in the wax: it remained exactly 
in the position in which it was placed, and I could not detect the 
slightest space between the wax and the hoof. 
Observation .—This tends to shew that no declination of the hoof 
takes place under the common plan of shoeing. 
AN ESSAY ON THE MANAGEMENT OF THE FARM 
HORSE, 
CONNECTED WITH THE BREEDING AND REARING OF THE ANI¬ 
MAL ; WITH THE MOST PROFITABLE PLAN OF KEEPING. 
By Robert Read, M.R.C.V.S ., Crediton. 
“ Order is gain: waste not, want not.” 
DISEASES OF THE FOAL. 
[Continued from page 244.] 
The Foal , when only a few days old, is often attacked with pain 
in the bowels; lies down, looks round to his sides, paws with his 
fore feet, and often kicks his belly. On examination, it will be 
found to arise from constipation, from an impaction of the meco¬ 
nium in the rectum; the milk of the dam not having acted as a 
purgative in carrying it off. A little linseed oil, with one or two 
ounces of Epsom salts, must be given, and clysters of warm water 
injected. Inflammation of the bowels occasionally ensues. You 
must then take two or three pints of blood: although the foal is 
only a few days old, there is no danger in bleeding. I have known 
the meconium become so inspissated as to require manual ex¬ 
traction. 
Scour is also a complaint to which the foal is liable. No cause 
operates so often in inducing it as allowing the foal to suck the 
dam too soon after her return from work, while the mare is heated, 
and the milk altered in quality. The mare should be perfectly cool 
