ON THE CF.CONOMY OF THE STABLE. 79 



whicli has no necefTary connexion with far- 

 riery or menage. 



In this reforming age, various have been the 

 improvements propofed for the oeconomical 

 dietincr of Horfes. Lord Dundonald, and in- 

 deed others before his lordfiiip, have been 

 flrong advocates for the continental cuHnary 

 fyftem, or the pra6lice of cooking the viduals 

 of horfes, or at any rate of making their corn ; 

 tedious methods, which, I conceive, will fcarce 

 ever obtain in this countiy, where the raw 

 provender, judicioufly chofen, and properly 

 difpenfed, fucceed^ fo admirably^ — In feeding 

 for the (hambles, I admit the fuperior utihty 

 of co61ion, which I have often elfayed. Car- 

 rots, and even turnips and potatoes, have 

 been cried up as equal to corn for labouring 

 horfes, and flattering accounts have been pub- 

 lifhed, which ferved to excite the admiration 

 of the curious uninformed, and the fmiles of 

 thofe whofe judgment had been previoufly in- 

 formed by experience. 



In point of nutriment, Carrots undoubt- 

 edly rank next to corn. Bv way of trial, I 

 rode my hackney, three or four months one 

 winter, upon carrots and hay only, and I 

 found he carried me (hort journies very w^ell, 

 and would go f^\ft ; but was incapable of hard 

 work, though he appeared in good condition. 

 Cart-horfes I kept on the fame food, and the 



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