well mixed with the feed. This is especially important if there are a
number of animals to be treated, as there is more certainty of each animal
getting the proper dose and the danger of overdosing is avoided. If the
young animal is nursing the mother, we can take advantage of certain drugs
being eliminated in the mother's milk and administer the drug to the
mother.

[Illustration: FIG. 6.--A good kind of a dose syringe.]

DRENCHES.--In the larger animals a bulky drench is sometimes difficult to
administer, and we should, in all cases, count on a portion being wasted.

_Horses_ are sometimes difficult to drench, and it may be advisable to
confine the horse in some way. Small drenches can readily be given with a
syringe (Fig. 6) or a small bottle. In giving bulky drenches it is most
convenient to use a long-necked, heavy glass bottle. The horse should be
backed into a narrow stall and the head elevated by placing a loop in the
end of a small rope over the upper jaw, passing the rope back of the nose
piece on the halter and throwing it over a beam, and raising the head until
the mouth is slightly higher than the throat. If the horse refuses to
swallow, a tablespoonful of clean water may be dropped into the nostril.
This forces it to swallow. A drench should never be given through the nose,
as it may pass into the air passages and cause a fatal inflammation of the
lungs.

_Cattle_ can be easily drenched by taking hold of the nostrils with the
fingers, or snapping a bull ring into the partition between the nostrils
and elevating the head.

_Sheep_ may be drenched either in the standing position, or when thrown on