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excessive supply of comparatively innutritions food to com- 

 pensate for defective quality is not only embarrassing to the 

 stomach, but hampers the horse with bulky dead weight. 

 Severely worked horses require much more reparative 

 material than those which are not so taxed, and they should 

 therefore be supplied with more concentrated food, easier of 

 digestion, and rich in flesh-forming qualities. 



" The chief tramway company in London, for instance, 

 gives: maize, 13 Ibs. ; oats, 3 Ibs. ; beans, i Ib. ; hay and 

 straw in chaff of the first 7 Ibs., the second 3 Ibs. ; while the 

 Edinburgh Tramway Company allows : oats, 8 Ibs. ; maize, 

 4 Ibs. ; beans, 4 Ibs. ; hay, 14 Ibs. ; Marshlam, 2 Ibs. In 

 Paris these horses received in 1886: oats, 5.50 Ibs.; maize, 

 12.92 Ibs.; beans, .10 Ibs. ; bran and carrots, .50 Ibs. ; hay, 

 8.62 Ibs. ; straw, 7.30 Ibs. 



" The scale of rations for our troop-horses is usually 10 Ibs. 

 of oats, 12 Ibs. of hay, and 8 Ibs. of straw per day, the latter 

 being used for litter, and the hay is rarely chopped. When 

 in camp 2 Ibs to 4 Ibs. extra of oats are allowed, but no straw. 



" For hunters during the season the grain allowance is high, 

 from 1 6 to 18 Ibs., with 8 to 10 Ibs. of hay, and 2 or 3 Ibs of 

 carrots per day. Frequently i or 2 Ibs. of beans are added to 

 the ration. 



" Carriage-horses, when hard worked, should be fed like 

 hunters ; ponies and under-sized horses do not require so 

 much hay or grain. 



" When horses require to be fed during work, grain should 

 be chiefly given, the bulky food being allowed at resting time 

 as at night. Care should be taken not to overfeed horses 

 at any meal ; and if the grain is not mixed with chopped hay, 

 then it should be given alone, and the hay allowed afterwards. 



" Horses ought not to be fed, if possible, soon before going 

 to work, but sufficient time should be given for digestion to be 

 well advanced before exertion is undergone. Food should be 

 allowed during the day at intervals of three or four hours, and 

 long fasts ought to be avoided, as well as hurried feeding. 



