Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1890 — Care of Horses In the Winter. [ARTICLE]

Care of Horses In the Winter.

The winter is especially severe upon horses, and is usually a season when disease prevail. The troubles to which they are subject are commonly due to the condition of the stables and wautof care in the treatment of the animals. Epizootic diseases are most prevalent at this season, and these are all unquestionably due to faults in management and are entirely preventable. Basement stables are too often the cause of trouble in this respect, because of their dampness, darkness and want of good ventilation. Dry, pure air and liubt are indispensable to health. It has been found in military stables, and others, where large numbers of horses are kept, that impure air is the cause of most of the disorders to which horses in crowded stables arc subject — —