The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25


liar cases later on when the ne" crop
Of oats is being threshed. 80
Now, there is not the slightest neeu
OF having all or any OF TINS tioupto
each year if farmers would use niue
judgment in the feeding OF ne" nay
and grain. II is the sudden feeulhg
Of such foods that does the harm ioI =
is a fact that were the food to be gwen
gradually until the animal became az
customed to the change there moulu
be no lad results from feealhs' lnei9
is or ought to be at all times on the
farm supply OF old hay and oats
and if this be mixed with the ne"
grain and hay at the time Oh leeuins
the chances of sickening the horses
will be greatly reduced. Where the
horse has been eating old hay the neF
may be given in small quantities alons
with the old, the amount OF new leeu
being gradually increased daily uhui
the animal gets used to it ana can
safely be given a full feed oil the new
food. No matter how it be USED DOM
hay and oats that are going through
a Sweating" process are unit Tor 1000
for all animals and for this reason
both hay and oats should not be USED
at all until they have been some time
in the NOW, stack or bin. 1t is also
good plan to see that the horse mas
supply Of rock salt in the manger
all of the time as it has been round
to somewhat counteract the eiLecLs OF
new feed Care should also be taken
to give the horse it's drinking water
before and not after feeding and there
is no need Of Civ e large feeds OF hay
during the day time when horses are
expected to do hard work. The feed
ing of hay very early in the morning
and again after the grain feed at
night is all that is necessary for any
hard working horse and would pre-
vent many cases Of collie for the horse
that works hard with its stomach
overloaded with hay is much more
liable to an attack than the one that
goes to the field with food digested.
What has been said also applies
with equal force to the feeding Of the
new corn crop, which is the most
dangerous of foods when unripe or
not fully dried out II may be added
that it is at no time a good or safe
food for horses working in hotweather,
its purpose being to produce heat and
fat rather than muscle and vim" The
new hay and oats should be used care
fully, and the corn should not be fed
to horses before snow flies
If despite what has been said any
reader Of this paper should have a
horse taken with collie as a result OF
feeding new corn. oats or hay, he
should not, as is usually done, give a
dose of saleratus and milk as that
dope" merely adds to the distress OF
the horse. A far better drench Is
made by mixing one ounce of laud-
anum and two ounces of turpentine in
one quart of raw linseed oil and giving
as one dose slowly and carefully by
the mouth-not through the nostril,
as the writer saw done recently with
fatal results. In addition to this dose
rectal injections of soapy warm water
are useful, and may be very easily Civ
en- through a four-foot length of one
men rubber hose in one end Of which
has been attached large tin funnel
through which the enema is poured
from a pitcher after the other end
Of the hose has been inserted in the
rectum. The horse may also be walked
about If bloated, but if the latter symp-
tom be severe he should be tapped by
veterinarian, who has the proper
trocar and cannula for the purpose
After the severe symptoms pass off the
horse should be placed in a box stab
where he should remain without food
or water for at least twelve hours.
Next day he should be fed on son
bran mashes and after the bowels
move freely he may be put at light
work unless the weather is very hot.