STABLES AND STABLE MANAGEMENT 113 



40 lbs. = 1 bushel. 



4 bushels or 160 lbs. = l sack. 



2 sacks, or 8 bushels, or 320 lbs. = 1 quarter. 



Oats should be crisp and floury, and have a 

 milky taste, and the larger they are the 

 better. Sound second season oats fetch about 

 £1 per quarter. As already stated, a hunter 

 should be allowed ten pounds, or even less, 

 per diem. 



3. Straiv. — Wheat straw should, if possible, be used 



for bedding. Unfortunately, owing to the 

 decrease in English wheat-growing, it is 

 expensive. The measures are as follows — 



1 truss = 36 lbs. 



36 trusses = 1 load or 11 cwt. 2 qrs. 8 lbs. 



■ It is sometimes sold by the load, sometimes 

 by the ton. The average price is 60s. to 65s. 

 for good wheat straw. The allowance should 

 be eight pounds per diem for a stall or loose 

 box, at the least. 



4. Bran is chiefly used for mashes and poultices. 



It must be' clean, and can be obtained from 

 any miller at Is. per bushel. 



5. Beans should be old and hard and given to horses 



crushed, and in small quantities. A double 

 handful is amply sufiicient per diem, and 

 they should never be given for a longer 

 period than a week at a time. Beans and 

 white peas are only given to horses in low 

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