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cab horses previously given; that is, much more in proportion to 

 a given live weight. It will be further seen that the proportion 

 of beans to cereal grains is much less than in the case of the cab 

 horses, and was reduced to a very small quantity in the later 

 years. In fact, the grain given consisted almost exclusively of 

 oats and corn, that of the oats being reduced but that of the corn 

 in a greater degree increased, in later years, coincidently with 

 the reduction in the amount of beans. On the occasion of a visit 

 of one of us to the general secretary in 1887, it was suggested to 

 him that the supply of the highly nitrogenous leguminous seeds 

 might be mainly, if not exclusively, reserved for old or over- 

 worked horses; and he subsequently informed us that he had 

 found their use in such cases advantageous. 77 



