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they are one great cause of the tinge or gripes, which often 

 proves very fatal, if not early attended to ; bleeding, empty- 

 ing the bowels, and laudanum, as far as half an ounce, 

 however, never fails to cure that complaint. 



Mr Alexander Maclaurin of Edinburgh, strongly recom- 

 mends steamed potatoes as food for horses, but the price 

 has of late years been commonly too high. Mr Maclaurin 

 received a letter, in June 1795, stating, that steamed pota- 

 toes, mixed with chopped straw, were then the constant 

 food for horses at Liverpool, and answered well. 



Carrots are not much cultivated in Scotland ; but it is 

 admitted, that they are an excellent food for horses. Mr 

 Alexander Guthrie, who cultivates them near Edinburgh, 

 states, that for working horses, he knows no food equal to 

 the carrot, and of this he has had complete experience. 

 Were the growth of carrots general over the country, and 

 used as food for working horses, he is of opinion, that two- 

 thirds of the oats consumed for that purpose, might be 

 saved. In years of scarcity, this would be of great advan- 

 tage to the nation, and a blessing to the poor. 



The yellow turnip, has long been cultivated in the north- 

 ern parts of Scotland, particularly in Aberdeenshire, and 

 the neighbouring districts, where it is boiled with chaffj 

 and inferior barley, and is given to horses at night. 



It is well known, that the Swedish turnip, is a hearty food 

 for horses, either given raw, or boiled, or steamed ; and 

 that horses are peculiarly fond of them. The following 

 particulars, transmitted to me by Mr Hope of Fenton, in 

 East Lothian, are not only decidedly in their favour, but 

 worthy of particular notice. 



For the three last years, Mr Hope has been in the 

 practice of feeding his horses with Swedish turnips. In the 

 spring months, when the horses begin to go two yokings 

 jf-day, he allows, to each pair, about one hundred weight, 



