THE HUNTER'S FORAGE 



COOKED FOODS AND CONDIMENTS 



Neither cooked foods nor condiments should 

 be used for horses, both being quite unsuitable 

 to Herbivora, and the nearer one approaches the 

 natural forage of these animals, the more likeli- 

 hood one will have of obtaining better results. 

 It has been proved beyond all question of doubt 

 that cooked foods bring on such troubles as 

 colic, &c., and that cooking destroys the vital 

 products of a food suitable for horses. More- 

 over, it destroys the necessity for mastication, 

 upon which the healthy digestive functions are 

 primarily dependent. As to condiments, these 

 increase, to an inordinate degree, the functions of 

 the secretive glands with which they are brought 

 into contact, creating a false form of secretive 

 action, which is bound, sooner or later, to 

 culminate in trouble. To say that condiments 

 are beneficial is not a statement based upon 

 facts, but upon mere hearsay, and the disciples of 

 such are only fit to be classified under the 

 common title of fabulists. 



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