292 MODERN FARRIER. 



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by ill treatment at this period. In order to prevent i 



disease while moulting, the horse should be worked \ 



moderately, well nursed, and fed on rich boiled food, ' \ 

 or with potatoes and carrots and good hay with old 



grain broken in a mill. After this the animal, with- j 



out medicine, will turn lively and vigorous, and re- i 



tain his health and spirit during the severest weather ; 



or the most laborious exercise. i 



