The encyclopædia of the stable The encyclopædia of the stable: a complete manual of the horse, its breeds, anatomy, physiology, diseases, breeding, breaking, training and management, with articles on harness, farriery, carriages, etc. comprising a thousand hints to horse owners encyclopdiaofs00shaw Year: 1909 STRAW—STRAW YARD in one stable in a district other studs are pretty certain to have cases also. Treatment.—Apply hot fomentations and linseed or bran poultices at fre- quent intervals, in order to induce the glands to form matter, and make the horse inhale the steam of boiling water. Lan
The encyclopædia of the stable The encyclopædia of the stable: a complete manual of the horse, its breeds, anatomy, physiology, diseases, breeding, breaking, training and management, with articles on harness, farriery, carriages, etc. comprising a thousand hints to horse owners encyclopdiaofs00shaw Year: 1909 STRAW—STRAW YARD in one stable in a district other studs are pretty certain to have cases also. Treatment.—Apply hot fomentations and linseed or bran poultices at fre- quent intervals, in order to induce the glands to form matter, and make the horse inhale the steam of boiling water. Lance when the abscess is sufficiently ripe, keeping the wound open with tow, so as to let it drain. Keep the patient in a warm stable, and give Hay Tea, Gruel, and Mashes, which see, also Inhaling. Poultice for Strangles. Straw, though not a good food for light horses, is often given in the form of chaff and mixed with hay to heavy ones, by which it is consumed without injurious effects, though it is not by any means nutritious, being extremely indiges- tible. As a bedding, provided that the animals do not eat it, straw is unapproachable, for it looks nice, and is an admirable substance for horses to lie upon. The best of all for the purpose is wheat straw, as it looks and lasts better. A truss of straw should weigh 36 lbs., and a load 11 cwt., 2 qrs., 8 lbs. (See Bedding^ Straw Yard.—A straw yard—that is, a yard covered with straw and having a shed attached to it—is a great advantage to all horse owners, and an absolute essential to breeders, as sick or young horses, and brood mares with their foals, can be placed in these for purposes of observation, or during bad weather, when it might be unwise to leave them lying out. Many owners, however, are careless as regards the draining and cleanliness of their straw yards ; indeed in some places the stables drain directly into them, the result being 328
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