Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-07-17
CIR Jarultr.
Watering Horses.

lNO Vi tuiSt quarts WEI lUt QU any
harm, or TT the most it will set the
coat on end. Ii the horse is very Ii
hot. this sm,ll quantity is Very refresh
ing to him, aud may be given with
great safety. If the day be very
warm, aid he horse is kept in motion,
twice or thrice as much viii do him no
harm. how-yer warm che horse may
be. Yet none should be given till
one or two minutes after the horse |
ispulIed up. Let him recover bis wind
minute before he drinks. A large
quantity, sly p4ilfil, of very cold
water, to horse at rest, not heated
by exsrtiOn, may make him slliyer or
it may produce pain in the belly, crampI
of the bowels. Both shivering and
the crlmp may be prevented by put
ting the horse i'll motion; brisk
walk or gentle trot. A horse much
heated by tx r.ion. which has pro-
duced copious perspiraiion, will drink
more than a painful, and the colder
the water the more be viii drink; if
he shiver, founder may be expected
in an hour or two. If the same
quantity is given when the horse is
getting cool, he is almost sure to take
cramp il the bowels, So far as my
experience goes, it appears that cold
water is most dangerous, not when
the skin is at its hottest, but when it
is becoming cool after being warm.
L have seen cold water produce a kind
Of rheum ltism. The horse is stiff
all oyer. and on one or more Of bis
legs he is lame and cramped, and it
Is several days before he RECEIVERS. ]
have never known this happen except
when the horse hid drunk freely OF
cold water.and eat grain at tie time he
was much heated; and mall cases he
had been permitted to stand at rest
| remember only three cases of this
kind, and it is possible the rheumatism
might not be altogether due to the
treatment, ! suspect. This, however,
shivering fit, founder and spasmodic
colo, are all the evils that cold water
viii pIodase. / have never seen If
produce any other Their treatment,
their symptoms, and results, it would
be improper to describe; but it may
not be very much out of my province
to mention TINT shiycring is prevent,
ed and cured by motion and clothing;
and that the cramp of the bowels may
be cured by four ounces of sweet
spirits of nitre, given in a pint Of
warm milk, with about a teaspoonfnl
of ground ginger, mustard or pep
per.
To prevent these the water must
be warmed, orit must be given often.
er and in smaller quantity. A very
thirsty horse should never be permit,
ted to take so much as he pleases al
one draught. A little, given at in
tervals of fifteen or twenty minutes
till his thirst is quenched, will prevent
all danger, and the horse will take
less upon the whole than be woult
take at frstin one draught. / do no
approve of chilled water for constan
use. 1t makes the horse so tende
that very little cold water has
great effect upon him. 1t does n,
other harm. 1t need not, however
be given as it is taken from a deeI
well, or from a frozen pond. As ;
general rule, the temperature of th,
the water should not De much abov,
nor much below that of the air whicl
the horse is breathing.
Tn, quantity of water which {
horse will consume in twenty-foul
hours, is uncertain. 1t varies 81
much, that one will drink as much al
two OF three. 1t is influenced by The
food, the work, tho weather, and the
number Of services. While getting
grass OF soft food, tn, horse drinks
less than while his food is all dry
those that eat much hay need more
than those that eat little. The de-
mand increases with the perspiration
horses at fast work, and kept in hot
stables, need large allowance which
must be larger in hot weather.
When water is givec only twice a
day, more is taken, or would be taken
than, if it were given three or four
times. Horses of slow, or net very
East work, my be permitted to take
what quantity they please provided
always that it be given before the
horse becomes very thirsty. For
other horses. those of very fast work,
occasional restriction is necessary;
and many of these are subject to
habitual restriction.
Occasional restriction ! necessary.