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ternoon, when you can feed him two quarts more oats, 

 and when they are eaten give him some more water, after 

 which you can give him his afternoon or evening walk, 

 when is your opportunity to let him eat some grass, and 

 after he has been returned to the stable, hand rub his 

 legs a little, see if he has cuffed himself anywhere, pick 

 and wash out his feet, have his bed fixed up a little and 

 return him to his stall till seven o'clock, when you can 

 give him his feed of four quarts of oats and his full al- 

 lowance of water, and what hay he needs. Some horses 

 need a little corn to keep up their flesh and stamina, and 

 some very ravenous feeders, by mixing a little shelled 

 corn in the oats, will be compelled to eat slower and mas- 

 ticate the grain properly. You ought always to have on 

 hand, ears of corn, good, sound oats and wheat bran, the 

 coarser and lighter in weight to the bushel the better, to 

 be used for bran mashes. You want salt handy, also.. 



