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8. When a horse's powers are fully taxed, he should 

 get as much suitable corn as he may choose to eat. 



9. The corn should never be increased to an extent 

 that will cause irritation of the intestines, which will 

 be evinced by the dung becoming loose and sticky, 

 on the contrary, it should be fairly formed, brittle, and 

 devoid of bad smell. When gram and kulthee alone 

 are used, these conditions cannot be properly complied 

 with. The offensive odour is due to torpor of the liver, 

 while the diarrhoea is generally the result of an effort 

 of the system to expel an excess of nutritive matter, 

 which is absolutely deleterious to the health. In such 

 cases, withdrawal of the corn, bran mashes, and, may 

 be, a mild purgative are indicated. 



10. When the amount of grain is limited, say to 

 8 or 9 ft>s, and when the animal has to do hard work, 

 gram, or kulthee are more suitable than other grains. 



11. Foods rich in fat and sugar, such as linseed, 

 Indian corn, milk, goor, &c., are the most suitable for 

 putting a lean horse into lusty condition. 



12. Horses that get a full amount. of corn should, 

 as a rule, get a bran, or a bran and linseed mash once or 

 twice a week say on Wednesday and Saturday nights. 

 It will tend to remove any irritation of the intestines 

 caused by the grain. 



13. In cold weather, if horses be not warmly clad, 

 they should have an increase to the amount of their 

 corn. 



14. A horse should have a constant supply of salt, 

 say two ounces daily ; or he may be allowed a lump of 

 rock salt in his stall. 



