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Show Treating Heated Horses. Po not bleed horses that have fallen from sunstroke or heat exhaustion. Apply ice or very cold water to the head and spine. Give half an ounce of carbonate of ammonia in one pint of water as soon as the animal is able to swallow freely. ltepeat the dose In one hour if the pulse has not he-come he-come slower. Showering the horse with cold water from a hose is good treatment and should be repeated until the body temperature is reduced to KM degrees Fahrenheit. It helps in some cases to rub th" legs briskly with wisps of hay or straw. After (he horse has again become idde to eat readily, specialists of th United Slates department of agriculture agricul-ture advise that the following dose of tonic be given In his feed for a few days each morning nnd evening: Sulphate of Iron, one dram; gentian, three drams; red cinchona bark, Iwo drums, mixed in the feed. |