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Rand for service. This management prevents them 

 from watering, or slavering at the mouth, which is often 

 very injurious. 



The stable should be so well enclosed as to defend 

 them from winds and storms in winter ; and at the same 

 time not so warm as to injure them when exposed to 

 the weather. It should have a floor descending back 

 for the stalls to run off; which ought to be kept clean 

 and well littered. In the summer time, it is thought 

 better for them to stand upon turf There should be 

 sufficient room in the stalls for horses to turn their 

 heads to every part of their bodies, and to raise them 

 as high as they please. The rack should be pvirpendi- 

 cular and not too high. Some prefer putting the hay 

 into a very large manger or trough ; and what is left 

 by horses, other cattle will eat readiiy. Crowding hor- 

 ses together in stables that are not sufficiently aired, is 

 so injurious, that it has been oi>served in Boston that 

 most horses from the country become diseased the tirst 

 week, and frequently in twenty-four or forty-eight hours 

 after they are placed in the stables of that city. 



Clover and Herd's grass together are the best grasses 

 for horses. When grain is given them, let it be either 

 ground, or boiled. Raw potatoes or carrots, washed 

 clean, though far inferior to boiled roots, will keep 

 them in good order. Pumpkins will fatten them. Chop- 

 ed straw (^particularly oat straw) mixed with meal and 

 water, witn a moderate proportion of hay, will keep 

 horses that are not at work in excellent order. This 

 method is considered cheaper and better than feeding 

 them on hay only. If no kind of fresh food can be fur- 

 nished for the horse to eat with his dry hay, it is recom- 

 mended to place a basket of snow near him to supply 

 the waste of saliva which is absorbed by the hay while 

 eating. 



To avoid the catalogue of disorders to which this use- 

 ful animal is exposed, regular treatment seems to be the 

 surest course. The kind of treatment which deserves 

 this character is, never to heat nor fatigue them more 

 than is necessary ; and if they are at any time over- 

 heated and tatigued, to cool them in a gradual manner, 

 rubbing them well down, and covering them, so that 

 perspiration may not be obstructed, and administering 



