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done or are about to do, and from six to eight pounds of 

 hay. At six P. M. or at the time the servants go to their 

 supper the last feed of grain should be given. In warm 

 weather, just before the stable is closed for the night, the 

 horses should be allowed all the water they will drink. The 

 morning feeding is the only one that can be regularly ad- 

 hered to in point of time; the remaining two must be 

 dependent upon the hours the owner chooses to employ his 

 horses. 



In connection with feeding, the subject of the condition 

 of the horse's teeth and kidneys must be considered. From 

 time to time the head servant should examine the teeth, and 

 whenever any sharp points are discovered the teeth should 

 be filed. The loss of condition and the presence of undi- 

 gested grains in the droppings are the usual indications of 

 the teeth being out of order. As the same ill effects are 

 produced by a horse bolting his food, the true source of the 

 trouble should be ascertained, and if it is due to the latter 

 cause a few stones the size of plums should be placed in 

 the manger. Any disorder of the kidneys or bladder is 

 indicated by the effort the horse makes to pass water and 

 by its dark, unnatural color. When such conditions make 

 it evident that these organs are deranged the symptoms 

 should be carefully noted and an effort made to discover the 

 source of the trouble. For the treatment of simple cases, 

 see Sir F. Fitzwygram's " Horses and Stables," Fourth Edi- 

 tion, Chapters LV-and LVI. 



BEDDING. 



The following articles are used for bedding : wheat, rye 

 and oat straw, peat moss, shavings, sawdust, leaves and turf. 



