WHEN HORSES SHOULD BE WATERED.
In regard to watering horses immediately after a full feed of grain, a writer of the Live Stock Journal says:—‘The first effect of this is to largely distend the stomach, and the result may be ns if the material were masticated grain saliva. But should this danger be avoided matters are necessarily left in a better state. The sudden anc excessive influx of water is likely to wash on much of the contents of the stomach into the intestines before the nitrogenous principles have been digested, and fermentation, extrication of gases, over distensions, colics, and. inflammation result. Even this is not ail. The application of an excess of cold water on the mncnlous membranes of the stomach and intestines causes vascular congestion, and violent muscular contractions, so that all tend to digestive disorder of a dangerous nature.’ Here yon have the result in a nutshell, audio avoid foundering a horse he should never be watered, beyond a few quarts, when heated. In lact, it is not safe to give a horse any water when much heated.
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Patea Mail, Volume IV, Issue 330, 15 June 1878, Page 2
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181WHEN HORSES SHOULD BE WATERED. Patea Mail, Volume IV, Issue 330, 15 June 1878, Page 2
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