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Neither green sheaf oats, nor threshed oats which 

 have not been seasoned for three months or more, 

 should be fed, especially to fast drivers and hard- 

 worked draft -animals. 



So far, the feeding of horses used for draft arid 

 severe continuous farm work has been discussed; but 

 there are many horses on farms which have light, 

 intermittent work, in which case quite different 

 methods of feeding may be practiced. If pastures are 

 abundant, the horses may be turned out at night, and 

 in the day-time when not in use. They may receive 

 less than one -half as much concentrated food as the 

 horse at severe toil. A good practice is to bring the 

 horses to the stables in the morning, that they may be 

 quickly available if wanted. A little hay and grain 

 may serve for their noon feed. If the pastures are 

 satisfactory, the horses may be turned out in the early 

 evening without having received any food whatever in 

 the stables, even if they have been at moderate work. 



Little or no grain food or grooming or care will be 

 necessary, provided the horse's work is not hard or 

 continued for too many hours a day. If the outside 

 covering of the horse does look a little unkempt, it 

 will correspond with the clothes of the driver, both 

 being suited to their work. The horse which is used 

 for purely utilitarian purposes should be the servant 

 of man; not man the servant of the horse, as is some- 

 times the case when the owner waits on his pet horse 

 more than he does on his wife. This may be appro- 

 priate if the horse is kept for conspicuous display and 

 the wife for work. 



