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drenching horn, stopping, spoke brush, jack, compo. and 

 harness pastes, whiting, button stick and brush, manger 

 log, rock salt, hay whisp, black oils, Gough's Australasian 

 Hoof Ointment and Embrocation, singeing lamps, (large 

 and small) tubing, hose-piping, trimming comb and 

 scissors, clipping machines, (large and small for body and 

 head) twitch, and a small supply of tow and tar, the great 

 usefulness of which any Vet. will advise, as in checking 

 that common disease known as thrush. 



It should be borne in mind that the horse cannot work 

 upon a full belly, hence the necessity for its first feed 

 being given early in the day, and with punctuality, — as 

 much earlier, and certainly not later, than the times set 

 down above. 



The quantity of food should be regulated by the 

 judgment of the groom, but the quality should be none 

 other than the best. The horse that is worked hard 

 requires more food than the one that has little work, and 

 the number of feeds and quantities given should be in 

 accordance with the work, size, build, and stamina of the 

 horse. One peck of good, clean, sound oats, a few hand- 

 fuls of beans, and about ten pounds of sweet hay divided 

 into three or four meals per day is the usual quantity for 

 the average hack. A little cut hay or chaff will cause the 

 horse to masticate his food, and take more time over it; and 

 this is very desirable, it being a well known fact that corn 

 that is greedily bolted loses half its nutrition. A handful 

 of bran gives the feed a wholesome fragrance, and a little 

 water flavoured with salt and sprinkled over the hay 

 makes it exceedingly palatable. A lump of rock salt in 

 the manger is decidedly wholesome, and is calculated to 

 find good occupation for the horse, and will at the same 

 time tend greatly to prevent crib-biting. 



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