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15. If boiled food be given, salt should be previously 

 mixed with it. 



16. A horse's corn should be given at frequent and 

 regular intervals. Say as follows, supposing 9 Hbs. to be 

 the daily amount ; 



5 A.M. .. ... 1 fb. 



8-30 21bs. 



12-30 P.M. ... ... 2 



4 1 ft. 



8 31bs. 



Total 



17. When an animal's powers of digestion are im- 

 paired, spices or condiments may be given, in order 

 to stimulate the system to take up an increased amount 

 of nutriment from the food. Such articles have not the 

 slightest dietetic value of their own. 



18. In order to induce the horse to eat slowly, it 

 is desirable to feed him from a broad box, or trough, 

 placed not much above the level of the ground. On the 

 bottom of the box, the corn may be spread out in a 

 thin layer. 



19. Greedy feeders may have a quantity of chopped 

 hay mixed through their corn. 



20. A horse should not be worked for at least an 

 hour and a half after feeding. 



21. A horse should always have a supply of hay, 

 or dried grass before him while he is eating his corn, 

 so that, by inducing him to vary his food, he may not 

 consume it in too concentrated a form. 



