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autumn the foal Is broken in and put to light 

 work, preferably yoked with a steady old horse. 

 Next summer he again spends at grass, and in 

 the autumn should be put to regular work and 

 kept at it. 



Now as regards the feeding and manage- 

 ment of working horses. Horses are brought 

 indoors as soon as the pastures fail, that is, 

 about the end of September, and put on a 

 winter ration of oats and hay chiefly, but many 

 other things are also used as a substitute for 

 these, such as maize, beans and straw, also 

 roots are good for them. A typical ration 

 would be : — 12 lbs. of hay, 5 lbs. of oat straw, 

 6 lbs. of oats, 5 lbs. of maize and 2 lbs. of 

 beans. About the beginning of May the horses 

 are turned to grass, and two or three days be- 

 forehand their corn ration should be reduced 

 and cut grass and hay added. If turned out 

 hungry to succulent grass a bad attack of colic 

 may supervene. Some crushed oats and chaff 

 should be given them during seeding and root 

 preparation, when the work they are called 

 upon to perform is more strenuous than usual. 



Horses should always be watered before, 

 and not after, feeding, as in the latter case the 



