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may do when he is at light worlv and the larger amount when at heavy 

 labor. I find that such a mixture as this fed along with the amount of hay 

 mentioned will keep a horse cheerful and make him pleasant to work. 

 The grain ration is sufficiently fattening, while it is also flesh-forming 

 enough in character to impart a decidedly wearing quality to the muscles. 



It is true that some horses will eat much more hay than the amount 

 mentioned, but it is a mistake to increase this quantity, as a horse can 

 only digest and assimilate a certain amount. Keep in mind that his 

 appetite generally goes beyond his powers of assimilation. In many cases 

 horses that eat large amounts of hay become hard-looking, while they have 

 little life or snap in them. Men go on from year to year with their horses 

 in this condition without knowing anything about its cause. 



It is usually advisable to use only a small amount of hay in the morn- 

 ing and also at noon, thus making the night feed somewhat more liberal, 

 though not enough but what the horse will clean it up in a reasonable 

 length of time and then lie down for a comfortable night's rest. In con- 

 nection with sensible hay-foeding, it should be mentioned that horses 

 should receive water before and never immediately after a meal. It 

 goes without saying that hay should always be clean and bright, and if 

 this is the case the kind of hay does not matter so much, though I have 

 a preference for timothy and clover mixed in about equal proportions. 

 Although timothy hay is not very rich in nutrients, there is something 

 about it that the horse dearly loves, so that it should be kept in mind 

 that palatability has much to do with digestibility and therefore it is 

 wise to cater to some extent to the animal's tastes. 



Those who feed thirty and forty pounds of hay a day to a work horse 

 will take but little stock in the weights above mentioned, but, as stated 

 before, this has not been guess work with me, as it has been necessary 

 here, in connection with our experiment work, to weigh all the feeds used 

 for the live stock on the experiment station. Under such treatment as 

 described above our horses have always looked well, while they have 

 been obliged to put in a good ten-hour day through the season of the year 

 when they could work on the land. 



THE TREATMENT OF NAIL-PRICKS OF THE HORSE'S FOOT. 



E. L. MOORE. 



The cases forming the basis for this work were for the most part 

 presented at the regular clinics of the college, although some were private 

 patients, and in the latter cases there were no special means for control 

 beyond what one usually finds around the farm. When the horse was pre- 

 sented at clinics he was placed upon the operating table in order to confine 

 him and prevent undue movement during the operation. In a few cases 

 only was the injury of recent date. The term foot will be held to include 

 only those structures inclosed within the horny box. 



