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of corn and idleness is a fruitful cause of 

 lymphangitis (weed), azoturia, laminitis (fever 

 in the feet), and other diseases. Viewed 

 solely from the standpoint of health, an 

 idle horse should not get any corn, the 

 continued deprivation of which might 

 impair his physical powers to some extent. 

 Consequently, if working efficiency has to 

 be considered as well as health, we may 

 give a small amount of corn, as well as 

 a liberal supply of hay, and, if possible, 

 carrots, which contain the beneficial mineral 

 matter that makes grass, hay, and similar 

 fodder, a necessity of equine life. 



Horses, like men, being the product of 

 their surroundings, can accommodate them- 

 selves more or less perfectly to new 

 conditions ; but the alteration has to be 



