THE HORSE : ITS KEEP AND MANAGEMENT. 23 



unless it is very quiet in harness will show 

 symptoms of irritability. I always like a horse to have a 

 little bran, and for the last twenty years whatever 

 horses I have had under my care, I have allowed 

 at least a peck of bran a week, sometimes a bushel. No 

 stable should be without bran in it. As regards the 

 quantity of hay to be given or cut up into chaff, the 

 attendant must go according to his judgment, so that 

 they clear it up and not waste it. If a person only keeps 

 one horse he should have a small chaff cutter, and cut 

 his own hay, as the chaff supplied by corn chandlers is 

 frequently one half of it very inferior stuff, as they get a 

 little over-heated hay that smells strongly to scent the 

 whole and then cut nasty mouldy hay with it, and 

 thousands of poor horses have to suffer through this. 



In no case should too much be put in the manger, if 

 so the horse does not relish his food, neither does it 

 do him so much good. He throws a great deal of it 

 out, and in many cases a good deal of it is wasted. There 

 is a difficulty when a horse comes in late at night : he must 

 have a good supper, but as I have hitherto stated, if a little 

 bit of hay is put in the rack the horse will do much better, will 

 be more lively in the morning, and quite ready for breakfast. 

 All chaff which is likely to have any dust in it should be well 

 sifted before it is put in the manger, because when there is 

 dust in chaff it is very injurious to the horses. A machine 

 is now in use which separates all dust from the hay, so as to 

 avoid this being mixed with the chaff after it is cut. The 

 feeder can always tell whether there is dust in the chaff or 



