| 1 quart oats | = | 1 pound |
| 1 quartern oats | = | 2 pound |
| 1 peck oats | = | 8 pound |
| (1 lb. for the weight of bag) | ||
| 2 pints oats | = | 1 quart |
| 2 quarts oats | = | 1 quartern |
| 8 quarts oats | = | 1 peck |
| 4 pecks oats | = | 1 bushel |
| 2 bushels oats | = | 1 bag |
| 2 bushels oats | = | 1 bag |
| 1 ton hay | = | 2000 pounds |
| 1 bale hay | = | 300 pounds (varies 50 pounds) |
| 1 ton loose hay occupies about 500 cubic feet | ||
| 1 ton baled hay occupies space of about 10 cubic yards | ||
| 1 ton straw | = | 2000 pounds |
| 1 bale straw | = | 250 pounds (varies 50 pounds) |
| 1 ton loose straw occupies about 600 cubic feet | ||
| 1 ton baled straw occupies space of about 12 cubic yards | ||
CHAPTER VII
FIRST AID TO THE INJURED
It is a dangerous thing for owners to doctor their own horses, unless they are practically veterinarians by experience, or profession. It is even more dangerous to leave such matters to the man in the stable. An omniscient coachman can do more harm to his cattle than all other evil surroundings combined. To treat a horse for a wrongly diagnosed malady, with half-understood remedies, is the height of folly and the acme of cruelty.
On the other hand, there are certain simple remedies and certain familiar maladies, of which the horse-owner ought to know something for his own, and his horse's protection.
The range of pulse per minute in a healthy adult horse is from thirty-four to thirty-eight. In disease the range is from as low as twenty to as high as one hundred and twenty. The fore and middle finger should be placed transversely on the artery inside of the jaw, near the jowl, to feel the pulse. Do this often when your horses are in health, and thus accustom yourself to find the pulse instantly and to note its pulsations accurately in time of need.
The average temperature of the horse is 100° F., a third more or less. The temperature of the horse is taken by the insertion of a clinical thermometer in the rectum, where it should remain five minutes. Horses registering a temperature as high as 106° have recovered, but above this death generally ensues. Nursing, in cases where the ordinary ailments are concerned, is better than blistering and firing, which are more spectacular and to the half-ignorant more popular.
Good laxative foods are green grass, green wheat, oats, or barley, carrots, parsnips, bran mash, linseed tea, hay tea, and linseed oil.