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parts of the stack so as to know whether 

 it is of an iiniforni (]iiality. 



Hay wliicli has been too much wetted 

 during liarvestini;- is pale in colour, de- 

 fective in odour, unless it be musty. Much 

 of the Scotch hay is exceedinoly poor ; 

 bad in composition, and badly harvested. 



Dusty, mcnildy, mow burned, washed, 

 and hay containint^ 'much Yorkshire fog 

 (llolcus) orass, is practically useless and 

 even deleterious to horses. It is as 

 econc^mical to feed a horse on bracken 

 ferns, as i^ive it such trash as that just 

 named. Rye orass though excellent alone 

 — is distinctly improved for hay when 

 yrown aloni^- with other orasses of reptited 

 feedino- value. 



The amount of hav to be oiven to a 

 horse per day should be from lo to 12 

 lbs., in addition to its allowance of corn, 

 provided that the animal has a fair amotmt 



