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him his dinner let him have about a third of a pailful, then feefl 

 your grain ; give no hay. Just before you harness him for his after- 

 noon's work, let him have what water he may want. In the after- 

 noon's Avork follow the same rule as for the forenoon as for water. 

 When you have finished the day's work, and are putting your horse 

 up for the night, see first that the stall is well bedded ; place the 

 horse in his stall, give him his grain, then take him out and give 

 him what water he may need. When he is drinking the water have 

 the hay for the night placed in the stall— a good quantity. Your 

 horse is then cared for and will rest during the night. 



Under no circumstances feed hay first or with the grain. Always 

 give your horse his hay after he has eaten up his grain. If you will 

 follow the above rule you never will have a horse sick with colic. 



Now, as to feeding ; I am a great believer in good oats, and then 

 they should be all sifted, every particle of dust and dirt taken from 

 them, giving the horse nothing but the clean oats. All hay, when 

 pitched down from the mow or taken from the bale, should be shook 

 with the fork and every particle of dust and chaff shaken from it. 

 In this way your horse gets clean and wholesome food, and then he 

 is not pulling his hay out, or he is not wasting his oats, but he is at 

 all times ready to eat his meals as they are placed before him in an 

 eatable form. There is a great deal of grain wasted by the careless- 

 ness of man. 



A book could be written on the manner of feeding, but I don't 

 think it is necessary for me to speak on this subject, only of the 

 general principles, and leave the rest to you and your good judgment. 



I might add that I do not recommend the feeding of corn unless 

 ground together with oats in equal proportion. There are many 

 dummies and horses with staggers, and horses that die with colic in 

 our Western States caused entirely by the great amount of corn that 

 is fed to them. Many old horses cannot masticate this corn, and 

 the result is that it is not digested. So give your horse good pure 

 oats, and good bright hay, and pure water. I would recommend the 

 use of soft water from brooks and mill streams. When this cannot 

 be had, and you have to draw the water from a well, let it stand in a 

 trough or tub one hour before letting your horse drink. Many say 

 that muddy water or any kind of water from a muddy pool is good, 

 but don't ask your horse to drink what you would not drink yourself 



