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FATTENING FOOD. 



Such foods are employed generally for putting flesh on 

 horses rapidly without regard to their working condition. 

 Horses are thus " put in flesh and coat" for the purpose of 

 improving their appearance at the time of sales or horse 

 shows, but to the cost of their ability to perform any hard or 

 protracted work. As instances may occur when the reader 

 may desire to have recourse to such methods, a few of these 

 food compounds are here given : 



Chopped clover. Indian meal. Boiled linseed. 



Bran and malt ferment- Locust beans, finely Crushed oats. 



ed with a little yeast. ground. Potatoes. 



Ginger (powdered). Aniseed. Linseed mashes. 



Gentian root. 



CHEAPER FOODS (SO CALLED). 



In large breweries and other commercial establishments 

 where many horses are employed a cent a day saved on each 

 horse amounts to quite a sum at the end of a year; and in 

 such places, where all the conditions under which the horses 

 are used and the manner in which they are cared for is dif- 

 ferent from those of a private stable, some such mixture as is 

 here given may result in sufTficient saving to induce its being 

 used in place of the usual fodder. 



6 lbs. corn meal. 



3 lbs. cut hay. 



2 qts. wheat bran. 



I teaspoonful of salt. 



Mix with sufficient water to moisten, not make sloppy. 



This formula is only given because a private owner often 

 is induced to experiment with various substitutes for oats. 

 There is nothing that has yet stood the test, and all horse 



