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MALT 



I have alluded to, as a useful occasional article 

 for stable use ; and made into a mash after a long 

 day, or where we think a horse feels chilled and 

 uncomfortable, it will sometimes be taken by 

 horses shy of a bran one, and in such cases is a 

 most nourishing and consoling supper ; it is also 

 most useful where horses are recovering from 

 illness : in short, in any case where we should 

 like a basin of gruel with a fair allowance of 

 sherry in it, in preference to more solid food : so, 

 in a similar case, a malt mash will be found as 

 soothing and comfortable to the stomach of the 

 horse. 



BARLEY. 



This is an article but of very rare use in an 

 English stable, though the Easterns use it entirely 

 as stable corn ; it is, however, by far too heating 

 for our horses: possibly in hot climates, where 

 horses sweat profusely, its heating qualities may 

 be carried off through the pores of the skin. I 

 have occasionally found it useful to horses who, 

 from weak constitution or a nervous temper, are 

 apt to be more loose in their bodies than we might 

 wish. 



When I had the management of my father's 



