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induce Diabetes Insipidus, so that, if this trouble 

 occurs in a stud of hunters, it is a hundred to 

 one chance that the forage is at the bottom of 

 the trouble. Oats that are damaged from 

 exposure to the weather assume a dirty colour, 

 and if they have been kept in a damp place, 

 they will probably begin to germinate, which is 

 accompanied by a certain amount of heat. In 

 this condition, they are totally unsuitable for 

 horses, and readily induce an attack of colic. 

 In order to get over this difficulty and arrest 

 fermentative changes in the grain, they are put 

 in a kiln and dried ; nevertheless, this does not 

 improve them for feeding purposes. Oats may 

 be kiln-dried, provided that they have not been 

 damaged, but kiln-dried fodder, damaged prior 

 to this treatment, is absolutely pernicious. 

 Oats should be a year old before they are used, 

 and the only really reliable method of satisfying 

 oneself upon this point is to buy a sufficient supply 

 for a year in advance, and, when it can be done, 

 there is no better method than purchasing direct 

 from the grower, i.e, the farmer. The advan- 

 tages of doing so are too obvious to need 

 recapitulation. Oats are easily digested, and 



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