THE HORSE. 



OIL CAKE, 



OS 



Grouncl, and given in the boiled food, when not very 

 rich, consisting chiefly or entirely of roots, is much 

 stronger than bran, and stronger, perhaps, than oat- 

 meal seeds. Two to four pounds per day is the usual 

 allowance. It makes the hair glossy. Horses seem 

 to tire of it soon, but the farmer will find it useful 

 for helping his horses through the winter. 



*' FRUIT, 



As pumpkins, apples, &c., and sweet potatoes in 

 America, figs and chestnuts in Spain and Italy, ap- 

 ples in some parts of France, and numerous other 

 fructified exotics, are occasionally employed as food 

 for horses."* Horse Chestnuts, it is said, " would 

 probably form a valuable article of medicinal food 

 for horses. In Turkey the nuts are ground, and 

 mixed with other food ; and they are regarded as a 

 remedy for broken wind, and serviceable to horses 

 troubled with coughs."t Haws, the fruit of the 

 hawthorn, have been employed by West, of Hamp- 

 shire, as an article of'food for farm-horses, with what 

 profit I have not learned. " The people of Medjid 

 feed their horses regularly on dates. At Deyrach, 

 in the country of the Flasaae, dates are mixed with 

 the clover. Barley, however, is the most usual food 

 in all parts of Arabia."| 



Marc's Milk. — For the first six months of the 

 young horse's life, his principal food is mare's milk. 

 He begins to eat much sooner, but few are entirely 

 weaned before this time. Farm mares are usually 



* Blaine's Vet. Outlines, p. 94. London, 1832. 

 t Comp. Grazier, p. 529. 1833. 



X Past and Present State of the English Racers. Hookham, 

 1836. 



