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I desire to lay considerable stress on the subject of 

 allowing horses hay during feeding hours, as I have 

 always found this practice to be attended with the best 

 results, for not alone is the condition of bulk complied 

 with, but also irritation to the alimentary canal, resulting 

 from the presence of the stimulating food, is avoided, 

 as much as possible, by the corn becoming diluted by 

 the hay. To see how reasonable this, practice is, we 

 need but apply the case to ourselves with respect to the 

 meat and vegetables we consume at our meals. 



Green Meat. Although the necessity of a supply of 

 fresh vegetables, as a part of human food, is clearly recog- 

 nised, still, up to the present time, physiologists have 

 been unable to explain the rationale of the fact, and 

 have been obliged to accept it simply as a result of 

 experience. In the same manner we find that " green 

 meat " is almost equally as indispensable for horses. This 

 is especially the case when the hay, which is used, has 

 been subjected to a process of fermentation, which gives 

 it a brown appearance, and often increases its sweetness, 

 although it diminishes its value. This method of curing 

 hay is little pursued in India, where an ample supply 

 of doob grass will fairly fulfil the conditions supplied 

 by " green meat " and ordinary hay. 



Variety in Food. As far as my experience goes, I 

 have been unable to notice any marked good arising 

 from a change of food, unless when the new article of 

 diet contained elements of nutrition deficient in the other. 



Salt Is the only necessary food, that is not supplied 

 in sufficient quantity by the grain, grass, and water 

 consumed by the animal. A moderate excess of it can, 



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