Show much colic in horses due to carelessness many a good old horse suffered with the belly riche ache during the hot weather some of them died one prolific cause was green corn in laying by the corn many farmers in fact most of them failed to muzzle tile the horses to prevent them from eating the green bla blades desall all day long too much of this 1 green corn has about the same effect on a horse as green apples do on a boy muzzling horses while plowing corn would have prevented many cases of colic any change of feed Is very apt to produce a bad case of colic all changes should be gradual and in no case should a hungry horse be given a full ration of any kind of teed feed that he Is not used to there Is particular danger in feeding too much new clover hay or new oats very small amounts should be given at the beginning by starting with just a little at a time and gradually increasing the amount each jay day a new feed can be used with safety horses should not haye have too much water at one time during hot weather but should be watered often colles are easily produced through carelessness but sometimes difficult to cure |