River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-02-16
PINK Eve in Horses.

DIR. C. f. Page writes to the editor
of the Boston Medical and Surgical
Journal as follows:
This disease in horses is one of the
varieties of catarrhal or Influenza
colds, so called, prevalent in this eli
mate among human beings, and
springs from the same cause, namely:
excessive, over frequent, or other
wise iniudicious eating. The custom
of working or exercising horses d.
rectly after eating; of feeding them
directly after hard work, and before
they are thoroughly rested; batting
at noon. when both these violations
of natural law are committed; these
are the predisposing causes of pink
eve, and of most diseases that affli ct
our horses. The symptoms denomin-
ated pink eye are not Indicative of
dangerous disease, unless feeding is
kept up; but if it is, then pneumonia,
| which is merely an aggravation of the
original disease, is very likely to re-
suit. Keep the horse quite dry, warm,
and III pure atmosphere. The near
er outdoor air the better, and stop his
feed entirely at the first symptom of
disease, and he will speedily recover.
AS prevention is better than cure,
horsemen will do well to heed the hint
here given and keep their creatures
from contracting this or any other all
ment. 1t has been demonstrated in
tens of thousands of cases. in family
life, that two meals are not only am
pie for the hardest aud most exhaust
ed labors, physical or mental, but al
together best. The same thing has
been fully proved in hundreds of in
stances with horses, and has never i'll
a single instance failed, after fair
trial, to work the best results.
An hours rest at noon is vastly
more restoring to tired animal,
whether horse or man, than a meal of
any sort, although the latter may
prove more stimulating. The morn
ing meal given, ii possible, early
enough for partial stomach digestion
before the muscular and nervous sys-
TENS are called into active play; the
night meal offered long enough after
work to insure a rested condition of
the body; diet liberal enough but
never excessive; this is the law and
gospel OF hygienic diet for either man
or beast. If it be objected that these
conditions cannot always be fully met
in this active work-a-day world re-
ply, let us meet them as nearly as pos
sible. We can, of course, do more
than this; but we can come nearer
the mark OH the two-meal system than
on the three. / will add, in parenthe-
sis, that the nervous disorder common
ly known as pulling will yield read
lily to this principal of treatment. 1t
makes the puller healthy; he is better
nourished and therefore less "nerv-
ous;" and he will do more reading,
and without excitement or profuse
sweating. He is not made less ambi.
tious by reason of reduced muscular
power, but by reason of better diges-
ton, and acknowledgements nourish-
meut and less stimulating. Horse
dealers or others, whose business or
pleasure depends upon the plump APP
pearance of their animals, regardless
of the size of their muscles, must have
Il horse fat if he is not fieshy, for style.
may have to take the chances and
feed three times a day; but of this L
am by no means sure. | have never
tried to fatten my horses. for i long
ago learned that fat is disease; but i
have always found that if horse does
solid work enough he will be fairly
plump if he has two sufficient meals.
Muscle is the product of work and
food, fat may be laid on by food alone.
But for perfect health and immunity
from disease, restriction of exercise
must be met by restriction in diet.
Horses require more food in cold than
in warm weather. if performing the
same labor. In cases of a warm spell
in winter reduce their feed, more or
less, according 10 circumstances, as
surely as | do the amount of fuel con-
snmed. / also adopt the same princi-
pie in my own diet. The result Is.
that neither my animals nor myself
are ever for one moment SICK.
Those who settle their accounts this
week will save costs