The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-03-22
Pink Bye i'm Horses.

DIR. G. E. Page writes to the editor OF
the Boston Medical aud Surgical Journal
las follows.
This disease in horses is one of the
varieties of catarrhal or influenza colds,
lso-calfed, prevalent in this climate
lamong human beings, and sorings from
THE same cause, namely, excessive, over
frequent, or otherwise injudicious eating.
1.-The custom of working or exercising
horses directly after eating; of feeding
them directly after hard work, and be-
fore they are thoroughly rested batting
lat noon, when both these violations of a
natural law are committed; these are
THE predisposing causes ofpink eye, snd
.of most diseases that affiict our horses.
Fhe symptoms denominated pink eye
iare not indicative of dangerous disease,
|lunless feeding is kept up; but IL it is,
then pneumonia, which is merely an
laggrayation of the original disease, is
livery likely to result. Keep the horse
|iquiet, dry, warm, and in pure atmos-
|Iphere. The nearer outdoor air the bet
liter, and stop his feed entirely at the first
|Isymptom of disease, and he will speedily
|lrecover.S As prevention is better than
Iicure. horsemen will do well to heed the
hint here given and keep their creatures
4 from contracting this or any other all
|lment. 1t has been demonstrated in tens
|lof thousands of cases, in family life,
Ilthat ttco meals are not only ample for
1.-THE hardest and most exhaustiug labors,
/ physical or mental, but altogether best.
/ The same thing has been fully proved
\ in hnndreds Of instances with horses,
| and has never in single instance
failed, after q fair trial, to work the best
| results. d
/ An hours rest at noon is vastly more
| restoring to tired animal, whether
horse or man, than meal Of any sort,
although the latter may prove more
| stimulating. The morning meal given,
L If possible, early enough for partial
stomach digestion before the muscular
/ and nervous systems are called into
l active play; the night meal offered long
\ enough after work to insure q rested
condition of the body; diet liberal
| enough but never excessive; this is the
law aud gospel of hygienic diet for
/ either man or beast. If it be objected
/ that these conditions can not be fully
/ met In this active work-a-day world,
i reply, let rs meet them as nearly as
4 possible. We can, of course, do no more
than this but we can come nearer the
/ mark on the two meal system than on
three. Twill add, in pGrenthesis, that the
nervous disorder commonly known as
| sspulling', viii yield readily to this
/ principal of treatment. 1t makes the
| puller healthy; he Is better nourished
4 and dtherefore less .nervous;" and he
VIII do more roading, and without ex-
| citement or profuse sweating. He Is not
/ made less ambitious by reason. of re-
| duced muscular power, but by reason OF
better digestion and assimilation-more
ssoxrishnaent and less Stimulation.
Horse dealers or others whose business
or pleasure depends on the plump
appearance of their animals, regardless
| Of the size of their muscles, who must
have horse. fat II he is not feshy. for
| style, may have to take the chances and
feed three times Q day; but of this am
bV 90 means so sure. have never
tried to fatten my horses, for long ago
lea. ned that fat was disease, but have
/ always found that IL horse does solid
work enough he win be fairly plump il
| he has two sufficient meals. Muscle Is
| the product OF work and food; fat may
| be laid on by food alone. But for per-
| feet health and immunity from disease,
| restriction Of exercise must be met by
restriction of dot. Horses require more
food in cold than in warm weather, il
/ performing the same labor. In case oi
awarm spell in winter I reduce their
feed, more or less, according to circum.
stances, as surely as / do the amount OF
fuel consumed. also adopt the same
| principle in my own diet. The result is,
| that neither my animals nor myself are
ever for one moment sick.