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from ten to twelve quarts of oats during the day, and 

 diink moderately, may occasionally have beans given 

 them in their corn. 



When beans are given to such horses in training as 

 require them, they should be hulled and split ; and of 

 such, a double-handful may be mixed in each feed of 

 corn. They should not be given in large quantities, nei- 

 ther should they be given alone. 



I remember an instance, about six years since, of a 

 horse breaking loose in the stable, and getting at some 

 beans, and eating a great quantity of them ; from which 

 circumstance he became very ill. I was asked by the 

 owner to examine the horse, which I did, and the 

 symptoms [ observed to be present, were those of his 

 being in a torpid state. He was very thirsty, his mouth 

 hot, and his pulse was nearly a hundred ; he was ex- 

 tremely costive, and his urine, when voided, was of the 

 colour of strong coffee. I recommended to the owner 

 such remedies for his relief as I thought most likely to 

 succeed with him, and the horse eventually recovered. 



White pease and wheat mixed with the oats were 

 sometimes given, by way of change, to delicate horses, 

 and to induce them to feed ; but while they feed mo- 

 derately on oats and beans, I should certainly not re- 

 commend the addition of either of the former. 



Chaff is a mixture of about equal parts of the best 

 sort of hay and wheat straw, cut short in a machine. 

 This sort of food is mostly given to horses in common 

 use, for the purpose of making some of them grind 

 their corn, that would otherwise svi'allow it whole, by 



