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FEEDING FARM ANIMALS 



Many horses show impatience when taken to the 

 stable at noon and are given hay before the grain. 

 For the evening meal the grain should come first, 

 and then, after a brief interval, the hay portion of 

 the ration. A drink of water after feeding is both 

 humane and desirable. 



Regularity in Feeding and Watering. Whatever 

 system of feeding and watering is followed, it should 



SHOWING THEM OFF 



be strictly adhered to during the season. Habit is 

 part of the ration. To be given water one day be- 

 fore meals and the following day after meals, is as 

 unsatisfying to the horse as it would be to man. If 

 accustomed to grain before the hay at noon, there 

 will be dissatisfaction if this procedure is reversed 

 the following day. Drink and food should be given 

 at about the same time each day. 



