If she expels flatus when she coughs, this would indicate a predisposition to heaves.  Wet all food, as dry or dusty food aggravates the cough.  Give the following:  Spirits camphor, 4 ounces; Fl.  Ext. belladonna, 2 ounces; neutral oil, 8 ounces; oil eucalyptus, 2 ounces.  Mix and give tablespoonful three times daily.

Chronic Indigestion.

I have a mare eleven years old.  Give her plenty of oats, hay, grain and a little alfalfa hay three nights per week and leave salt where she can get at it, but she is falling off and her hair does not lie down properly.  She eats well and her system seems to be in good condition.  Have had her teeth attended to so she chews her food well.

This condition is caused by the animal not being able to properly masticate the food.  Have your dentist examine the mouth again, or you can carefully examine the feces and see if it shows whole grain, or long pieces of hay.

For Short-Wind or Heaves.

I have a mare that has something wrong with her wind.  About six months ago I noticed her wind was not good and she had a slight cough, and about a week later, while working her, she seemed to choke down and almost died before she got her wind, and since then she sometimes takes those spells should she trot off briskly for a short distance.

Give two 3/2-ounce doses of Fowler’s solution arsenic daily.  Dusty or musty hay will aggravate the symptoms.  Thoroughly shake out the dust and wet the hay.  Feed hay only at night.  Give the animal as little feed and water as possible before being put to work.  Continue this treatment one month if necessary.  The following is a case of experience with this treatment:  For a remedial agent we began to use Fowler’s Solution of Arsenic, in two teaspoonful doses at first. once a day, put in the water with which the hay was moistened.  These doses were given for a few days, then skipped for a day, then continued for five or six days again.  This treatment has been continued.  At times when the trouble was most severe, giving a great spoonful at a dose, twice a day for two days, then stopping for a day or two, always being sure to mix it with the water which the hay is moistened, so that it shall be taken into the stomach very slowly.  This course of treatment has served to so relieve the disease that nature has nearly or quite overcome it.

Side-Bone.

I have a 1500-pound 3-year-old colt with small brittle feet that has side bone coming on left front foot caused by driving him barefoot on the road two or three months ago.

A good blister of the following once every six weeks for three times will stop the side-bones from growing.  Side-bones on a draft horse are not considered an unsoundness; in light fast drivers it is an incurable blemish causing lameness.  Side-bones cannot be removed.  Use this blister:  Simple cerate, 4 ounces; cantharides, 3 drachms; bin iodide mercury, 2 drachms.  Mix thoroughly and apply after clipping hair.