24 The Grooms Guide 



with sulphur gas so as to bleach them. 



This is easily detected by rubbing in the 



palms of the hands. 



If oats alone are used, the amount for 



horses at work ranges from 6 to 1 5 pounds 



per day. 



For a cart horse a good mixed fodder, 



with oats as the principal constituent, is 



as follows : — 



Bruised Oats, - - 20 lbs. 



Bruised Beans, - - 4 ,, 



Crushed Maize, - 4 ,, 



Bran, - . _ 5 ,, 



Chaff, - - - 40 ,, 



Well mixed together and given slightly 



moistened with water at each feeding 



time. 



The maize can be replaced with* linseed 



either altogether or in part, whilst the 



same may be said of the substitution of 



split peas for the beans. 



