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natural for all dumb animals. Think of yourself getting your break- 

 fast reaching three feet above your head for ev3ry mouthful that you 

 get. It would be more pleasant and you would r Jish your meal more 

 by having the food placed one or two feet below your mouth. I ap- 

 prove of having all horses fed in the following manner : Take your 

 mangers and racks entirely out of the stall ; feed the hay from tlie 

 floor even with your horse's feet. In giving grain have a box made 



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Horse Eating- his Food from the tfronnd, as Xatnre intended. The only 

 Proper Way to Feed the Horse. 



movable, and place the grain in i^his box, and let the horse eat that 

 from even with his feet. He eats his grain slow, masticating it prop- 

 erly, and the result is that while you hc^v^ had to give your horse 

 twelve quprts of grain in feeding from a high mangr- , nine quarts 

 fed from even with his feet will keep him in better condition than 

 the twelve quarts fed from the manger ; and I :hink th..t you will 

 soon find out that my idea will save ten per cent, of fuod v.. one year. 



