94 BREEDING. 



pulse, passing under the denomination of 

 Horse Beans, which from their great sub- 

 stance^ adhesive quality, and known invigo- 

 rating power, are justly supposed to convey 

 a greater portion of nutriujfent to the system 

 than any other corn appropriated to the same 

 use. Adn;itting this to be realiy the case, 

 they likewise retain the advantage of being 

 feadily adapted to horses of every description, 

 from infancy to age, and may be given as 

 exi:;encies require, either in their natural 

 state, whole or split, as is the usual method 

 when given with bran (a feed very common 

 with horses of the lower class of mechanics) 

 or completely ground, (and called bean meal) 

 for the use of foals or colts, so young that 

 they are incapable of receiving them in any 

 other state. 



The other article, whether recommended 

 as a useful winter substitute for the more 

 succulent herbage of the summer, or only as 

 a cheap and additional method of subsist- 

 ence, need only be more generally known to 

 establish its own reputation : whether joined 

 to the accustomed food of draft horses used 



