1 04 Importance of Grooming. 



are expensive articles of diet, and can only be 

 looked upon as substances quite dispensable, and 

 of no great service in the feeding of animals. 



Within a recent period a sample of food 

 intended for working horses, cattle, and sheep, 

 has been submitted to me by Messrs. Whyte and 

 Cruikshank, Chryston Mills, near Glasgow, which, 

 although bearing the name of a " Patent 

 Prepared Food/'' it is only justice to state, 

 partakes of none of the qualities of condimental 

 or spicy foods. It is a preparation embodying, 

 to a certain extent, the principles laid down in 

 these pages, the whole of the ingredients being 

 carefully selected, decorticated, ground, and 

 baked. It is highly spoken of by several pro- 

 prietors, and will doubtless prove a great boon 

 to those who cannot devote attention to the 

 selection of provender for horses, or where only 

 one or two are kept. I, however, have no ex- 

 perience of its use, but judging from information 

 received as to its composition, and the respecta- 

 bility of its inventors, have no doubt it will fulfil 

 the ends claimed for it, and call for an extended 

 trial. 



IMPORTANCE OF GROOMIXG. 



There is one particular in the management of 

 horses which so materially influences the effects of 

 food upon the system, that it will not admit of 

 being unnoticed, although the attention be ex- 

 ceedingly brief. This is grooming. 



