94 BREEDING. 



fulfe, paffing under the denomination of" 

 Horse Beans, which from their great fub- 

 ilance, adhefive quahty, and known invigo- 

 rating power, are juftly fuppofed to convey 

 a greater portion of nutriment to the fyftem 

 tlian any other corn appropriated to the fame 

 ufe. Admitting this to be really the cafe> 

 they hkewife retain the advantage of being 

 readily adapted to horfes of every defcription^ 

 from infancy to age, and may be given as 

 exigencies require, either in their natural 

 Hate whole, or fpHt^ as is the ufual method 

 when given with bran (a feed very common 

 with horfes of the lower clafs of mechanics) 

 or completely ground, (and called bean meal) 

 for the ufe of foals or colts, fo young that 

 they are incapable of receiving them in any 

 other ftate* 



The other article, whether recommended 

 as a ufeful winter fubftitute for the more 

 fucculent herbage of the fummer, or only 

 as a cheap and additional m.ethod of fubfift- 

 ence, need only be more generally known to 

 eftablifh its own reputation ; whether joined 

 to the accuftonied food of draft horfes ufed 

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