. Biggle horse book. Horses. days old, as the colt will lie down and it may be killed by the heat. A scouring foal should have careful treatment. Cover closely with a warm blanket with two surcingles, that it may keep his belly warm, and bandage the legs to arms and thighs. Drench with sixteen to twenty ounces of castor oil containing one-quarter ounce of laudanum. Give but little drink, and make it tepid. Feed rice boiled to a pulp in new milk, and one quart of new milk maybe given daily. When the foal is stronger, give a few crushed oats and good old hay. A slight looseness of the bowels may
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. Biggle horse book. Horses. days old, as the colt will lie down and it may be killed by the heat. A scouring foal should have careful treatment. Cover closely with a warm blanket with two surcingles, that it may keep his belly warm, and bandage the legs to arms and thighs. Drench with sixteen to twenty ounces of castor oil containing one-quarter ounce of laudanum. Give but little drink, and make it tepid. Feed rice boiled to a pulp in new milk, and one quart of new milk maybe given daily. When the foal is stronger, give a few crushed oats and good old hay. A slight looseness of the bowels may cause no anxiety, as this is natural with young colts. If the little colt does not get milk enough, feed it milk and oatmeal made into a thin gruel. The greatest trouble with little colts, when young, is con- stipation. This may be regulated by giving the mother sloppy food, such as scalded bran. If the foal is bound up, when born, give it an injection at once of starch, molasses and warm water. Repeat every half hour until relief comes. As he gets older, relieve constipation with linseed meal, po- tatoes or carrots. A great many farmers who raise colts don't seem to know that it pays to feed colts well from the beginning, and to make them grow as fast as possible. They should not feed for spavins, ring bones, and other blemishes or defects in the limbs, and yet they do. Some men's colts are always un- sound in their limbs, and the reason is they do not have food suitable to make a perfect development of the bones, ten- dons, tissues and muscles. Do not imagine the colt is all right because it has all the hay it can eat. This is not wisdom. Give it less hay and :wo to four quarts of bran and oats mixed, according to its ^ize. This kind of food will make strong bone and joints. MARE AND COLT. 8r What is a colt good for without good joints ? They are worth more than size or style. We can have both, but by all means have good joints, and to get them there must be phosphates in th