THE EARTH'S BOUNTY 



It is also advisable to have the mouth ex- 

 amined by a thoroughly experienced person 

 every few months, as the molars have a ten- 

 dency to roughen on the outer edge, and inter- 

 fere with mastication. 



FEEDING 



Feeding even the one useful horse must 

 necessarily be influenced by the class to which 

 it belongs, and the amount of work it is called 

 upon to do. The light-weight road horse, 

 traveling only a few miles a day, will keep in 

 good condition on ten pounds of hay and 

 nine quarts of oats a day; but the same horse, 

 doing sixteen or twenty miles a day, would 

 require fifteen pounds of hay a day and twelve 

 quarts of oats. A heavy horse, doing light 

 work, would require about the same amount 

 of oats, but more hay, and, when doing hard 

 farm work, about sixteen quarts of oats, so 

 that circumstances and common sense must 

 regulate exact quantities. 



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