Show NECESSARY CARE FOR FOALS A As str soon 0 on as a young animal gains strength bength enough to be on his feet let him nurse N u rae should nurse after they gain strength astren tb enough to get on their feet and walk valk around in the case of weak or very crooked legged foals it may be necessary io to assist them in getting the leat but often an effort Is made to force them to nurse before they are ready nature takes its own time on such occasions lons and hurrying and bustling may do more harin bann than good before the foal nurses wash the mares ud udder der with a worm warm 2 per ce cent n t solution ion of a good coal tar disinfectant and then rinse with warm water the first milk which comes from the mare Is known as and aad nets acts as a physic on the oal foal causing the fecal matter in the intestines to be discharged hence the tolly folly 0 of milking the mare before the foal comes merely because there appears to be too much milk in the udder it if the contents of the bowels are not ejected naturally within twenty four hours two to tour four tablespoonfuls of castor oil shaken in milk should be given and it also may be advisable to inject warm water or two ounces of castor oil into the bowels repeat this treatment every three or four hours until the bowels move mare and young roal Vasel vaseline lne applied in the rectum may aid in ejecting subsequent dry matter to offset the danger of navel infection in foals which causes a disease known as joint ill the navel cord should be washed several times a day by holding up around the cord a large necked bottle which has been nearly filled with a 1 to 1000 solution of corrosive sublimate of mercury or by saturating the stump with full fuli strength tincture of lodan then dust it with powdered slaked lime this should be repeated each day until the navel cord drops off in case the navel does not dry properly or shows inflammation a veterinarian should be called mares blares are inclined to be deev 1 ish or cross when with their young consequently it Is advisable to perform the foregoing precautions as speedily as possible and then leave tho the stable so that the mare and foal can rest without being disturbed |