40 Errors to be Avoided. 



animals the wolf is known to appease the sensa- 

 tions of hunger by taking into the stomach a 

 great quantity of mud ; the dog thrives best when 

 he obtains his food from the ground, when it is 

 mixed with grit and dirt, and in birds, small 

 stones or sand is constantly being swallowed. 



Food thus accompanied is fully compressed by 

 the walls of the stomach, but when adventitious 

 matters are not present, however nutritive, it 

 does not fulfil the wants of the economy by 

 virtue of its elements not being extracted. 



ERRORS TO BE AVOIDED. 



One of the great evils attendant upon the 

 feeding of horses, and even cattle, is the use of 

 too bulky material. By it the wants of the 

 system are not satisfied, the stomach is over dis- 

 tended, and the process of chymifaction is retarded 

 by the powers of the stomach being destroyed. 



The walls are reduced in thickness, and rup- 

 ture frequently takes place from the effects. 



Fluids, however nutritious, as a rule, are not 

 so easily appropriated as solid food. No better 

 evidence is found than where cooked food -is 

 served to horses. The soft watery mass is too 

 rapidly swallowed, and becomes as unnatural as 

 it is innutritious. 



// is an acknowledged fact that no process of 

 cooking or preparation will render the food more 



