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barley and oatmeal mixed, and well boiled. For a half-grown, or 

 full-grown pig, Indian meal should be well boiled — scalding, as is 

 practiced by many, is not sufficient. 



382. Beans. — These are much favoured by many feeders, being 

 given boiled, whole, or broken, and as meal, both to horses and 

 cattle. For the Horse, I have no fancy for beans as a food, owing to 

 their tough, indigestible skin, and, from long observation, I find that, 

 in many cases, they produce intestinal disturbance, with diarrhoea. 

 Before using, they should, however, be well washed, particularly foreign 

 beans, as they are usually very much mixed and covered with dirt. 

 Beans, it will be found, generally enter into the composition of the 

 mixed horse foods prepared by corn merchants. For Cattle, bean- 

 meal has many admirers, as a butter and cheese producer, and also 

 for fattening purposes ; but I do not fancy it, as I think better results 

 can be obtained from other foods of a more digestible nature. 



383. Pease. — Sound Canadian pease are more to my liking as a 

 horse and cattle food. They are not so indigestible as beans, and a 

 good handful given whole among the corn and bran, three times a 

 day, will be found to have a good effect on hunters, hacks, carriage 

 and cart-horses. When my horses are in full work, I can get more 

 staying-power from this food than from any other. Care must, 

 however, be taken in purchasing pease, as of late years it has been 

 noticed that many samples have been mixed with the Indian pea 

 (Lathyrus Sativus), commonly known as the Dog-Tooth Pea, of which 

 there are various kinds. This latter pea, when given for any length 

 of time, may occasion paralysis, roaring, difficulty in breathing, and 

 sudden death. A large number of horses, in various towns in England 

 and Scotland, have died from the effects of these Indian pease, or 

 " Gram." 



384. Linseed is now grown in nearly all parts of the globe, and 

 heavy consignments are yearly brought to this country from India, 

 Russia, America, and other distant parts. The seed thus imported 

 generally contains a large amouut of foreign substances, such as weed 



