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strable too frequently in very plain and unmis- 

 takeable ways. 



Regularity in Feeding. In all horse establish- 

 ments the system of feeding, to be successful, 

 should be regulated by definite rules having special 

 reference to the kind and quantity of work to be 

 performed. 



The hours also of feeding should be strictly 

 adhered to. The latter is highly necessary on 

 account of the small size of the horse's stomach 

 and rapidity of digestion. Upon this account 

 horses should not as a rule be fed fewer than four 

 times a day. With hunters and other horses 

 when out during unexpected times, this cannot 

 always be accomplished ; but with town, farm, 

 cab, and omnibus horses, it may be greatly over- 

 come by the use of the nose-bag. 



When work is light and calls for little exertion 

 of muscular power, horses may be fed economically 

 upon oats, with Indian corn, chaff, and bran. 

 Every 12 pounds of oats being mixed with 4 

 pounds of maize, 2 pounds oi bran, and 14 or 16 

 pounds of hay, or hay and straw chaff. These 

 quantities, which are allowed each day, will do for 

 a horse of 15 or 16 hands, but larger horses will 

 require a few pounds more. 



When work begins to be excessive, it must be 

 the care of horse-keepers and those in charge to 

 furnish a food containing greater nutrition. For 

 this purpose, beans, peas, and lentils may be 

 taken, and mixed with barley in different propor- 



