rUE HORSE, 8d 



carrot. The Swedish rariety is preferred. Com- 

 mon white and also yellow turnips are almost worth- 

 less. According to Von Thaer, 100 pounds of 

 Swedes are equal in nutiiment to 22 of hay. For 

 slow horses, turnips to a certain extent supersede 

 grain, but for fast-workers, they save the hay more 

 than the grain. They have a fine odor when boiled, 

 and this seems to make the horse feed more hearti- 

 ly. They fatten the horse very rapidly, and pro- 

 duce a smooth glossy coat and loose skin. 



They are sometimes washed, sliced, and given 

 raw, but in general they are boiled, and occasionally 

 steamed. In the raw state they excite indigestion 

 very readily, and are not much liked. Few horses 

 get them oftener than once a day. They may be 

 given oftener, but the horse soon begins to refuse them. 

 If they are to be used for several successive weeks, 

 they should not be given oftener than once in twenty- 

 four hours, or at most twice, and then not in very 

 large quantities. When the quantity of food is 

 limited, the horse will be glad to get them at all 

 times, but in that case he must have little work. 

 Straw, or hay, and turnips, will make an idle horse 

 fat ; they will enable him to do some slow work, but 

 to perform full work the horse will not, or cannot 

 eat enough to keep him in condition : and for fast 

 work he would eat more than he could well carry. 

 Most usually they are given only once a day, and at 

 night after work is over ; chaff or hay-seed, and 

 some grain, generally beans, are boiled along with 

 them. They should always be washed. They re- 

 quire much boiling, and when large they may be cut. 



CARROTS. 



This root is held in much esteem. There is none 

 better, nor perhaps so good. When first given it is 

 slightly diuretic and laxative. But as the hors© be 



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