200 FEEDING 



Feeding horses to perfection needs a touch 

 of artistry. Small feeds of grain, for instance, 

 by making the animal ravenous for more, 

 enable one to double his allowance without 

 stalling him. Salt, sugar, carrots, apples, help 

 to keep up his interest in life, as rewards to be 

 earned, and tokens that one really cares for him. 

 If a horse is scoured a dose of salt water will help 

 him. For colic one has to lead him about while 

 the pain lasts, and above all things prevent 

 him from rolling, which is sometimes fatal. 



It is long now since I had to dispense with a 

 fire for fear of advertising my camp to hostile 

 savages, and the old glorious range in North 

 America is woefully shrinking before the 

 advance of settlement . The rancher who made 

 the traveller welcome as a guest is replaced by 

 a surly farmer who takes money for rental of 

 his barn-yard. The range horseman who 

 used to own the town when he rolled in from 

 the plains is now considered, as Europe views 

 the gypsy, with suspicion. 



One trait of the range rider recalls the past. 

 No man lays a hand on our horses unless he 

 wants a fight. It is a rule that the horseman 

 tends his own stock so long as he is able to 

 stand. He must be very ill or badly hurt 

 before he surrenders that. 



