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adapted to the rustic capacities of those like- 

 ly to become the operators) ^' ailwart and 

 across,'* into small squares about the size of 

 a horse or tick-bean ; in which state they will 

 be consumed in the winter with the greatest 

 avidity, by any class of horses, mares, or 

 colts, either alone or intermixed with chaff, 

 oats, bran, or any other dry food to which 

 they are accustomed. 



To remove such doubts as may arise in 

 the minds of those who pass through life in 

 the true mechanical dog-trot of their great 

 grandsires, and who^ from their personal 

 pride and innate dulness, never condescend to 

 make an experiment, or sanction an improve- 

 ment when made ; I think it necessary to re- 

 peat the fact, that I have with the greatest 

 success introduced this additional article oF 

 food to all the different horses in my posses- 

 sion (hunters excepted) during a long, dreary, 

 and severe winter, never remembering to 

 have had them in better health, vigour, 

 and condition. Among these were a team 

 of draft horses in constant employment, 

 not only in agriculture, but occasional hard 



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