A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



rule at grooming time to take the horse some 

 treat, a carrot, a lump of sugar, or piece of 

 bread, whichever may be its individual pref- 

 erence. It makes the horse friendly, checks 

 any chance of neglect or impatient temper 

 on the part of the man being visited on the 

 horse; moreover, it enables you to give the 

 day's orders without loss of time to either. 



Your rations are four quarts of oats and six 

 pounds of hay, night and morning; noon, 

 two quarts of oats, varied by a bran mash 

 on Saturday night, made by pouring one 

 quart of scalding water on to four quarts of 

 wheat bran, into which a tablespoonful of 

 salt has been mixed. Prepare at noon, which 

 gives it plenty of time to steam and become 

 nearly cold before supper, as all mash feed 

 should be barely warm when fed. Our 

 horse and cattle have water always before 

 them. If your stabling does not permit 

 that, water twenty minutes before feeding; 

 and when the weather is very cold, take the 

 extreme chill off the water before offering it 



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