CHAPTEE IV. 



DIETETICS, HYGIENE, AND REGIMEN— Co H^'Hwerf. 



Barley — Rye — Carrots and Turnips — Grass — Pasture and Soiling 

 — Timothy and Clover Hay — Bran — Cooking of Food for Horses 

 — Prindle's Steamer — Weight of Stable Feed. 



Barley as food for horses lias gained some repute since 

 the failure of our oat crop, and is grown by farmers for the 

 express purpose of feeding horses upon. In so far as those 

 principles for fat-forming are concerned, it possesses a high 

 degree of value, abounding in albumen, gluten, sugar, gum, 

 and superphosphate of lime; or, in other words, barley 

 contains about sixty-five per cent, of nutritive matter, while 

 oats weighing forty ptjunds to the bushel contain only 

 about twenty-four pounds of nutritive material. 



Inferior barley in some parts of this country is fed 

 instead of oats with the best effects. In forming a conclu- 

 sion, horsemen would do well to remember that two parts 

 of barley are more than equal to three of good oats. 



In some parts of Germany, barley is ground into flour 

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