

THE HUNTER'S FORAGE 



known to all horsemen. There are always 

 plenty of forage vendors willing to supply 

 fodder to meet the requirements of their 

 customers, some of which, unfortunately, have 

 no more intimate acquaintance with what the 

 quality of forage should be, than the forage has 

 with them. To recommend the master to pur- 

 chase his own forage, and to see that it is 

 delivered absolutely in conformity with (not 

 in part) the whole of the sample submitted, 

 is one of the most valuable recommendations 

 that can be given to any purchaser of forage. 

 It is impossible to emphasise too strongly 

 the importance of personal attention in this 

 matter. Neither pride nor work, worry nor 

 indulgence, can be accepted as exonerating one 

 from following this simple expedient. The 

 moral is to buy the best food you can, insist on 

 its judicious use, house it carefully, and purchase 

 when prices are low, yet compatible with quality. 

 Mere lowness of price must not be accepted as 

 positive evidence of a general drop in market 

 prices, as such may arise from circumstances 

 purely local in their nature. 



The following cereals, grasses, roots, &c., 



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