130 Farm Horses. 



entering in at any period of the year, providing it does 

 not blow directly upon the horses. The temperature of 

 the stables should range from 40 deg. to 50 deg. in winter, 

 and from 60 deg. to 70 deg. in summer. Every stable 

 should be thoroughly drained, not into a neighbouring 

 cesspool, but to such a distance as will preclude any 

 effluvium escaping into the building. All dung and litter 

 ought to be conveyed from the place twice a day. 



We give in the following page an enumeration of various 

 dietaries for farm horses. They describe the practice of 

 different men in various parts of the country. In successive 

 columns I have put, first, the number of the cases, second, 

 the authority on which it is given, thirdly, the weight con- 

 sumed per week of hay, oats, beans, roots, clover, and 

 straw by a horse, and, lastly, the calculated weekly cost of 

 maintaining it. It is to be understood that an asterisk (*) 

 by any of the figures intimates that the grain was crushed, 

 or the green food cut into chaff; and a dagger (t), that 

 the roots were given boiled or steamed. It is a capital 

 practice to cut rye, as soon as fit, into chaff along with 

 hay or sweet straw, and mix the whole up with crushed 

 oats and beans, giving the regular supplies in small 

 quantity at a time, and thus gradually accustoming cattle 

 to their change from dry winter food. Vetches cut when 

 young should be allowed to wither before being used in 

 the stable, otherwise they prove at first to be physic 

 rather than food. 



