MANAGEMENT OF HORSES. 



Where Bleeding is recommended. 



CHAP. II. 



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DIRECTIONS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF 



HORSES. • 



The proper method of treating horses depends 

 wholly on the use for which they may be kept. 

 Such as are kept by the farmer for husbandry 

 seldom require either bleeding or purging, except 

 in cases which evidently demand those operations. 

 The racer, hunter, and hack, require the particu- 

 lar care and attention of the groom in their ma- 

 nagement; as some of them are notable to stand 

 full feeding until they are properly cleansed with 

 physic. Bleeding should always be avoided, ex- 

 cept in those cases where there is a tendency to- 

 wards inflammation. It would be foreign to the 

 plan of this work to offer any remarks on the 

 subject of feeding and the management of horses. 

 Their food consists chiefly of grain and herbage, 



