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as well as beneficial to the horse. Carrots should be 

 used in every stable when possible to obtain them. I 

 consider that when t/iej/ are in the stable the Vet. is 

 not. They are particularly good for the skin and 

 coat, and for thick-winded horses. In the spring, 

 when horses cannot be turned out to grass, green food 

 should be allowed in the stable ; but give it fresh and 

 not in large quantities. A little of it chopped with 

 carrots is good to mix with the food given to a bad 

 feeder ; sometimes a little sugar used in the same 

 manner will tempt a horse. 



Rock Salt. — Never have this out of the mangers, 

 as horses learn to crib-bite, windsuck, and gnaw the 

 wood fixings of the stable. They will lick the very 

 earth up to get salt. Salt is equally as essential 

 to the well-being of horses as it is to ourselves. Before 

 leaving the question of feeding, I strongly advise that 

 where whole oats are used a double handful of clean 

 chaff should always he mixed with them. This com- 

 pels the horse to masticate them better and feed with 

 a greater relish, and eat his food more slowly. He 

 cannot then gobble it up. Test this on any quick 

 feeding horse by examining the droppings, and you 

 will find I am perfectly right. 



Wateri7ig Horses. — This has to be governed to a 

 great extent by the climate, the constitution of the 

 animal, the work it has to perform, and in what 

 manner it is to be performed. 



