VI PREFACE 



hidden away in a mass of material of little or no interest 

 to the horse-owner. The present book is intended to deal 

 with the feeding of horses only, and it is further limited 

 to horses used for work. Thus it is hoped that it may 

 prove useful to horse-owners in general ; to veterinary 

 students, as an important branch of veterinary hygiene ; 

 and to veterinary surgeons. As a teacher of veterinary 

 hygiene for several years, the writer has been made 

 familiar with the difficulties experienced by those read- 

 ing this subject for the first time. The difficulties 

 have been kept in mind, and an attempt has been made 

 to elucidate them by illustration and analogy as far as 

 possible. 



Among the textbooks which have been consulted, and 

 in some cases quoted, special mention must be made of 

 Kellner's " Scientific Feeding of Animals " ; also Warring- 

 ton's " Chemistry of the Farm " ; Jordan's " Feeding of 

 Animals " ; and F. Smith's " Veterinary Hygiene." 



I desire to express my great indebtedness to my 

 friend, Mr. A. W. Noel Pillers, F.R.C.V.S., for many 

 valuable suggestions, for writing the greater part of the 

 chapters on " Feeding and Watering," and " Prepara- 

 tion of Food," and for his careful and critical reading 

 of the proofs. At the same time responsibility for 

 opinions expressed in the book belongs to the author 

 alone. 



To my wife my thanks are especially due for much 

 patient labour involved in checking the numerous calcu- 



