THE HUNTER'S FORAGE 



before the haulms become woody, and to take 

 particular care in the drying process. 



BRAN 



It is very few stables, especially hunting 

 establishments, that do not use bran for one 

 purpose or another, but the majority do use a 

 certain percentage of bran as an ordinary 

 adjunct to the forage, and in my opinion, rightly 

 so, as this substance is rich in carbo-hydrates, 

 as the following analysis will show : 



Too much bran is certainly a bad thing for 

 horses, as it contains a good deal of magnesium 

 phosphate, and this is very liable to lead to the 

 formation of intestinal concretions, more popu- 

 larly known under the title of stone. Bran 



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