The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-08-09

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On Feeding Horses, and
Preventing Glallezcrs and Far
cy.
A DISTINGUISHED veterinary sur.
geon, Professor Dun, of the Edin-
burgh Veterinary College, calls at,
tention to the following errors in the
dieting of farm horses, which are not
less common in this country than in
Scotland.-1s 1st. Much tooslong an
interval is allowed to intervene be-
tween the timo of feeding. Horses
are frequently worked six consccu-
tive hours, during which time they
receive no food whatever. This prac-
tice has been found by experience to
be prcjudicial to their health, in.
ducing debility and predisposing
them to diseases of the digestive sys-
tcm. The natural habits. and or.
gans Of the horses alike proge.that he
is not designed for long fasts; as the
smallness of his stomach indicates
the necessity Of supplying Sit with
comparatively small quantities. of
alimcnt at short intervals. When
at liberty, he eats during twenty
four hours. This natural4liabit may
be modified, but pains shouldSbe tax.
en- not to run into the opposite ,ex-
trcmc. A horse or mule when
at work through the day on tile
farm, should have some nutritious
food every Eve hours ut the outside,
if the purpose is not to impair his.
constitutional powers. When q
plow team is taken carly inEthe morn:
ing, and expected towork till noon
before regular feeding, itSisS the pres:
ent practice of the beat Scotch far
mers to give each horse aslunch of
a pound or moro Of oatB meal or
bean meal cake bctwsen8 nine and
ten o'clock. Some prefersto mix oat
and bcat~nr poasmea wficiI is wet
with water and "Gred' backed:
the cooking cnablcsrthe digestive or
gans to render the nutritive Gle
ments at once available for the sup.
port Of the cxactions Of labor. Dr..
Dun is acquainted with several far.
mers who gives these cakes whencv-
cr the worl; is severe and the
hours, long, and all of them agree
that their horses are now in much
better health and condition and
less frequently attacked by indigcs
ton and collie, than they were when
subjected to protracted abstinence,
and without any intermediate meal.
"a. Food may be improper on ac-
count Of over quantity excess Of nn-
tritivcncss or bad quality.--By TAX
ing too large quantity Of food into
the stomach at once, the immediate
bad consequences may DC wind col,
lc, inflammation OF the bowels and the
surrounding membranes, a founder,
and, occasionally, the swelling of
food eaten dry, causes a rupture of
the stomach or intcstincs. An an
imal scantity fed from day to
day, sometimes gets loose and finds
access to bag or bin of grain and
being hungry, gorScs himself almost
to suilocation; or bad servant may
feed to excess, and cut Of all reason.
We have frequently wondered why
grain or water taken into the stom-
ach Of n horse should so Immediately
affect his feet, producing the inham-
alton called lQminitiS--an innamcd
state Of the extreme vascular mem
brane or lamina of the hoof. Let
us sec If we can get at the philoso.
ply Of a common founder. a trans
lation Of positive disease from
one part Of the system to another by
what Doctors call mctastas is com
mon enough; but a horse may be
icundcred where there is no positive
disorder in the digestive organs, and
only an unnatural irritation from the
presence Of water or food improper
Iy taken into the stomach. The ex
crclsc and heating to which he has
been subjected on the highway or
elsewhere. have brought the vascu-
lar and tender parts within the
hoof into a condition approximaling
inflammation, before either water or
food is swallowed. The anteccdent
hard service Of the feet is material
fact in the case; for without previous
driving, and too often very hard
driving, an acute, founder is seldom
seen. a sudden shock is inflicted on
the nervous system in the stomach,
which is sound, and its force skaters
first, not tho sound stomach, but the
heated, enfccblcd, and partially in.
famed feet which are connected with
the stomach by abundant nerves. If
the feet of a horse be covered with