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pounds a day is quite enough. They must of 

 course be split. 



Chaff should be given in every feed of corn. It 

 makes a horse masticate, and therefore digest, his 

 corn better than he would do if fed with oats alone. 

 Clover and rye grass hay, commonly called ' seeds,' 

 make, I think, the best chaff. An amount equal in 

 bulk to the oats is sufficient to give at each feed. 

 Some horses, like some men, will eat and can digest 

 almost anything, and look well on it. It is the 

 dainty feeders which require the stud groom's 

 special and constant care. The great thing is 

 never to sicken them by giving them more at each 

 feed than they will finish up. Food left for any 

 length of time under a horse's nose puts him off 

 altogether. A very little observation should tell a 

 good man exactly what a horse's feeding capacity 

 is, and he should put before him no more than he 

 can manage comfortably. He should go round an 

 hour after every feed, and remove any corn left in 

 the mangers. As I mentioned above, there is but 

 little danger of sickening a horse by giving him too 

 much at the late feed. I have had dainty horses 

 which would always get through a double feed 

 between then and the next morning. Why this is 

 I cannot say. Probably because in the night they 

 are quiet, and there is nothing to excite a nervous 

 horse. Some horses will feed better with carrots 



