ENGLISH HORSES 



Food 



Taking a bushel of oats to weigh 40 lbs. — they vary from 

 36 to 42 lbs. 



Stable-Measure and Weights 

 I quartern weighs- . . • 2h lbs. '' 



4 quarterns 

 4 pecks 

 4 bushels 

 8 bushels 



I peck= 10 lbs. 

 1 bushel = 40 lbs. 

 I sack= 160 lbs. 

 I quarter = 320 lbs. 



Beans and maize average 60 lbs. a bushel. 



Hay and Straw 



A load of old hay contains 36 trusses, at 56 lbs. a truss, and 

 weighs 18 cwt. 



A load of straw contains 36 trusses, 36 lbs. each, and weighs 

 II cwt. 6 lbs. 



If a hunter, doing much work, cannot eat five 

 quarterns of oats and beans per week, with a 

 mash on Wednesday and Saturday, he should 

 be sent to the hack or harness-stable ; as no 

 horse can do much on less, without becoming 

 weak — and a weak hunter is useless. 



Of course common-sense and tact must enter 

 into all calculations. It often happens that a 

 hunter, after a long day's run, will not look at 

 his corn ; in which case humour him by giving 

 him a little extra hay, especially when he 

 refuses a bran-mash. 



The rack for hay should always be adove the 

 manger and not form part of it, as is common in 

 lots of stables. The reason for this is obvious. 

 A horse does not waste his hay if the rack is 

 hio-h, but if it is low he loses the seeds, which 

 are the most nourishing part of it. 



