292 MODERN FARRIER. 



by ill treatment at this period. . In order to prevent 

 disease while moulting, the horse should be worked 

 moderately, weU nursed, and fed on rich boiled food, 

 or with potatoes and carrots and good hay, with old 

 grain broken in a miU. After this, the animal, 

 without medicine, will turn lively and vigorous, 

 and retain his health and spirit during the severest 

 weather or the most laborious exercise. 



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