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cheaply procured, cooked or steamed, and com- 

 bined in varying quantities and flavors. Stale 

 bread and cake can often be bought of the bakeries 

 at very low prices per barrel. Numberless food- 

 stuffs are perfectly appropriate for equine use ; 

 sugar, molasses, salt, etc., dissolved and sprinkled 

 on hay, etc., will insure the greedy consumption 

 of even the poorer qualities. Don't think horses 

 must always have choicest Timothy hay, best oats, 

 etc., for other grades properly treated are just as 

 appetizing, wholesome, and nourishing. You 've 

 eaten hash yourself; if you take such chances 

 and do well, why not your animals ? 



The watering question is another " bugaboo." 

 Why cannot a horse even after active exertion, 

 provided heart action and circulation have reached 

 the normal point, have all the water he wants, if 

 its temperature is nearly that of the body } Of 

 course he can. Don't you drink ice-water your- 

 self when hot ? and if the fool-killer does n't get 

 you there and then, what harm is coming to him 

 if he swallows a few quarts of tepid fluid ^ If 

 water is always left where horses can get at it, 

 they will, never over-indulge, and, somehow, this 

 should always be arranged. You are not always 

 thirsty at six, twelve, and six o'clock yourself, yet 



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