STALLIONS, BROOD MARES AND FOALS. 13? 



large paddock the larger the better always 

 and let him have the run of it at all times dur- 

 ing pleasant weather, stabling him only at night 

 and during storms; and when kept under these 

 conditions it will be best to dispense almost 

 entirely with grain food of all kinds. A run to 

 grass during the late fall, if it can possibly be 

 provided, will be one of the very best things 

 that can be had; but this will rarely be practi- 

 cable in such cases. The main reliance for food 

 under these circumstances must be good hay; 

 but I very greatly prefer corn-fodder when it 

 can be had, as it furnishes a complete change of 

 diet from what the horse has been accustomed 

 to a change that will prove highly beneficial 

 to the general health of the horse. It recon- 

 structs him, as it were, and makes a new horse 

 of him after a few months of such treatment, 

 and is certainly the next best thing to the run 

 at grass, before recommended. But while he 

 is kept on this food due attention must be paid 

 to his bowels lest he should become constipated 

 a condition that can usually be prevented or 

 remedied, should it occur, by the occasional use 

 of a bran mash. 



The necessity for this change in diet from 

 grain to coarse and bulky food, like hay or 

 corn-fodder, is increased in proportion to the 

 degree of confinement to which the horse must 

 be subjected. There is nothing that will so 



