The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1894-05-24
Moro Horse Talk.

nutest detail to an i'll animal than
is generally appreciated. It is al-
50 necessary for tho intelligent
stock owner to have Mt least su-
perficial idea of the general care
required as we'll as the various
methods employed in administer
ing to ailments of dumb animals.
In health n horse may be wild and
unsociable, or even vicious, but he
certainly appreciates kind atten-
ton when ho is i'll. A grum mule
will become docile and even seek
your aid, and by dronching is
meunt tho administration of medi-
cines in a fluid from q bottle or
horn--in using tho glass bottle you
must bo careful not to got it be-
twecn the horso's teeth, as he might
break it in his mouth and swallow
somo OF the pieces, which might
set up fatal inflammation. AL
wpys SEQ that the bottle IS clear,
that is, SEQ that thoro is nothing
poison in it. Unless you want to
give poison medicine nevor give
medicine in the horses noso; when
tho animal is drenched in the
mouth there is a possibility of some
of the medicine getting into the
windpipo and then to the lungs,
but this danger is increased thou
sand timos whom the medicine is
poured in tho nose. Thero are
other dangers still in drenching in
tho nose. Tho medicine will PEN
citrate tho lachrymal ducts inham.
ing them, and sooD you may think
your horse has good case Of CLAN
dcrs or distemper. / know thore
arc many men who will say thoy
have done this, drenched in the
nose, but tho very ignorance that
prompts thom to do it, prevents
them from knowing tho conseqnon-
COS. Prepare The drcnch Of what
ever kind may bo desired, put it
in tho bottle, then get Il stick about
four feet long, split ono ond with
an axe until rope can be inserted
tic loop at the end of the rope al
plowmen do for hand-hold, inser
one strand of the rope in the stick
WRAP the rope around tho stick tc
prevent its coming off, place one
strand in tho horses mouth as YOU
would tho bridle-bit, and have an
assistant take hold of tho stick
and gently elevate his head until
tis high enough, then turn the
drench down his throat. Often
tho medicines they pour through
tho sensitive nasal chambers arc
so lrritant that they cause d vio-
lent inflammation Of the parts with
which they como in contact. When
you begin tho drenching do not
pour all the medicine in his mouth
at once, but pour just little at a
time, and If ho swallows it pour
somo more in the mouth, and 80
on, until ho has got what you want
him to have. But if he refuses to
swallow what he has in his mouth,
there is no uso to pour more in
until ho docs SO, as it will only be
wasted, pross firmly between tho
lower jaw-boncs. This may make
him swallow, if SO, pour more med
icino and repeat the pressure, if he
obstinatoly refuses to swallow tho
medicine that is in his mouth, put
about ono table-spoon-full Of clear
cold water into ono of his nostrsls,
and | assure you he will swallow,
put moro modicino in his mouth,
and water in tho nostril,.. ,..and SO on,
until he accepts his doso. Should
no cough or try to cough at any
timo during tho dronching, lot his
head down at onco, if all tho medi.
cine cscapes-bettor loso the medi.
cino than stranglo the horse, and
don't raiso his head until he il
dono coughing, be particular abou,
this matter, cspocislly in lung and
throat troubles. DO not drench
the horse whilo he is lying down
if he is able to stand. If you arc
compelled to givo medicine while
he is down bo worry careful about
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