1*2 CUT-CHAFF. [JAN, 



nion of the best informed persons is decidedly in fa- 

 vour of the latter. However, if racks are permitted 

 in a stable, it is not an easy matter to prevent 

 horse -keepers from cramming them full of hay, and 

 especially at night. The best contrivance I have 

 heard of to supply the place of racks, was that of Mr. 

 Vancouver, who made a sort of hopper the whole 

 length of the manger, which delivered chaff from 

 a loft above it gradually, as the horses moved the 

 lower lip of the hopper with their noses, in this 

 manner supplying themselves ; but a very intelli- 

 gent nobleman trying it, found that it would not 

 deliver regularly : this might arise from the dimen- 

 sions not having been sufficiently attended to ; foF 

 if the hopper be not of a due breadth, the 

 chaff might arch above the moveable board, and 

 not come down : the aperture in the manger 

 through which it passes, must necessarily be of a 

 certain size, neither too wide nor too narrow. It 

 certainly seems to be a practical idea, and very ca- 

 pable, after some trials and regulations, of being 

 fully applicable to common practice. It well de- 

 serves attention, especially as the expence of an ex- 

 periment for one stall could not be considerable. 

 I have often determined to try it myself, but have 

 always been prevented by some journey or excur- 

 sion taking me from home at the moment when I 

 could otherwise have given the requisite attention. 

 I conceive that it would demand a manger from 

 four to six inches wider than common ones. 



The practice, however, of giving hay cut with 3 



mixture 





