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relation existing between the feed and the work of a horse, 

 and charges an extra price for the keep of one that works 

 ten to twelve hours in the twenty-four over the other 

 that is at work about three to four, and many days are 

 not worked at all. 



In our climate, a difference in the kind of food should 

 be made, not that the horse is just as susceptible to a 

 change in his food at all times as man is, but in winter, 

 feed capable of developing a greater degree of caloric or 

 heat in the body is required. Corn produces heat, gives 

 roundness to the body, and in cold weather should form a 

 portion at least of the feed of horses. Chemists tell us 

 that in winter oats make more muscle or flesh than corn, 

 and therefore should form part of the feed of working- 

 horses — the harder the work the greater the demand for 

 oats. What are we to do or say in such matters, when 

 science and experience do not agree as it seems they 

 apparently and sometimes really do ? Thus, hundreds of 

 hard-working horses in Philadelphia are fed exclusively on 

 corn-meal and cut hay, yet the body is fat and round, the 

 muscles well developed and capable of great exertion, as 

 can be seen in the horses of some of the city railroads, 

 which are fed only with fifteen pounds of corn-meal divided 

 into three meals, with cut hay, a little salt, and mixed with 

 water. This feed will when well considered be not only 

 excellent as a strong and healthy, but as a very economical 

 one, costing for each horse daily not over thirty-five to 

 forty cents, including hay and salt. 



