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owner, and the most nutritious for the horse, is the 

 use of chalt, which, when mixed with corn, is called 

 manger feeding ; and whenever com is cheap and 

 hay dear, this jnanger feeding wil.' be found a most 

 excellent mode of horse keejing. The proportions 

 of this manger food I iind most convenient are, one 

 part of hay, two parts of sti-aw, and one part of oats. 

 Of this mixture three, four, five, or six pecks may be 

 given daily, according to the size of the horse and 

 e?;tent of his exertion. It will add very much to the 

 nutriment thi^ niixture affords, if the oats are previ- 

 ously bruised ; and, in fact, it is much to be wished 

 that this practice was completely established. It will 

 likewise be peculiarly grateful to the horse if half the 

 quantity of hay should be of the clover kmd, of which 

 horses are very fond. On this food three horses may 

 be supported at as little expence as two horses can in 

 the usual manner, and for the common purposes they 

 are fuil as well nourished. In tiie country, potatoes 

 and corn may be mixed ; or bran, with potatoes baled 

 and mashed, forms an economical and nutritious 

 food ; and it will agree with ail constitutions if a little 

 bean meal is mixed with it. In this manger feeding, 

 a few pounds of hay put into the rack night and morn- 

 ing are sufficient, and even this is more to satisfy the 

 prejudices of the groom than any necessity of the 

 horses. Carrots form an excellent food for horses, 

 particularly for pursive and thick-winded ones. On 

 carrots, hay, and a small quantity of bean meal, horses 

 may be advantageously kept in times when corn is 

 dear and hay cheap. It is not here meant to insi- 

 nuate that this mode of feeding will do for hunters, or 

 even for those horses whose riders or drivers are never 



