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rage and confidence in himself." This rule will also be 

 advantageously applied to trotting horses. Mr. Day 

 adds : "Many horses are made rogues by a violation of 

 the above rule." and by the abusive use of whip and 

 spur on two-year-old colts. 



MANAGEMENT OF THE HORSE. 



STABLE This should be roomy, with high ceilings 

 and good ventilation. The temperature should be kept 

 as near 60 degrees, Fah., as possible, but heat should 

 not be preserved at the expense of ventilation. It is 

 much better to keep your animals warm by extra cloth- 

 ing, than to keep them warm in a hot, close stable, 

 with no adequate means of ventilation. A cold stable 

 is also to be prefered to one that is too hot. 



FOOD. The principle of feeding, is to feed on such 

 food and in such quantity and manner as will maintain 

 the horse in the most perfect health possible, having 

 regard to the service required of it. Some foods are 

 much more easily digested than others. It has been 

 calculated that only 20 per cent, of wheat straw is diges- 

 ted as compared with 76 per cent, of hay. A healthy, 

 strong horse can digest much more food and quicker 

 than a weakly one, and a sick horse may have its diges- 

 tive powers seriously enfeebled, while hardship and fa- 

 tigue have the same effect. 



Food that has much dirt mixed with it may cause 

 colic, indigestion, etc. Food that has become mouldy, 

 from imperfect preservation or otherwise, is less nutri- 

 tious and less digestible than clean food and is, besides, 

 a frequent cause of colic, diarrhea, diabetes, skin dis- 



