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bean-meal has many admirers as a butter and cheese producer, and 

 also for fattening purposes ; but I do not fancy it, as I think better 

 results can be obtained from other foods of a more digestible nature. 



385. Pease. — Sound Canadian pease are more to my liking as a 

 horse and cattle food. They are not so indigestible as beans, and a 

 good handful given whole among the corn and bran tnree times a 

 day will be found to have a good effect on hunters, hacks, carriage 

 and cart horses. When my horses are in full work, I can get more 

 staying-power from this food than from any other. Care must, 

 however, be taken in purchasing pease, as of late years it has been 

 noticed that many samples have been mixed with the Indian pea 

 {Lathyrus sativus), commonly known as the dog-tooth pea, of which 

 there are various kinds. This latter pea, when given for any length 

 of time, may occasion paralysis, roaring, difficulty in breathing, and 

 sudden death. Some time ago a large number of horses, in various 

 towns in England and Scotland, died from the effects of these 

 Indian pease, or ' gram.' 



386. Linseed is now grown in nearly all parts of the globe, and 

 heavy consignments are yearly brought to this country from India, 

 Russia, America, and other distant parts. The seed thus imported 

 generally contains a large amount of foreign substances, such as 

 weed seeds, dirt, etc. In some instances foreign substances have 

 been found to a very considerable extent, analysis showing as much as 

 2*45 per cent, of sandy matter and 23-40 per cent, of foreign seeds. 

 Therefore, in using linseed in any form, these obnoxious bodies 

 should be screened out. Linseed may be used after having been 

 boiled, or steeped in hot water, or crushed into meal. A horse re- 

 covering from chest or bowel complaints is very much benefited by 

 a little being added to boiled barley and bran. For a cow, it may be 

 given boiled, or crushed and mixed with the other food. For a calf, 

 it is generally boiled, or steeped, and mixed with milk or ground 

 into meal. 



387. Linseed Cake. — This cake is made from a variety of seeds 

 grown in different countries. Russian seed makes the best cake, 

 and Bombay the next — that is, if regard is had to the amount of oil 

 they contain respectively. There are, of course, a good many 



