regard to HORSES. $ 



ticularly require turning out to grafs, 

 where the mufcles or tendons are con- 

 tradled or fhrunk •, for by the continual 

 gentle exercife in the field, with the afTift- 

 ance of a pattin-fhoe on the oppofue foot, 

 the fhortened limb is kept on the ftretch, 

 the wafted parts are reftored to their ufual 

 dimenfions, and the limb again recovers 

 its ufual tone and ftrength. 



Where it can be done with conveni-What 

 ence, the pafturing them in May and "^°"^^'^ *° 

 June is in general moft advifeable : as ^^^^ Y^^ 

 the grafs in thofe months is to be prefer- ^^^.y, 

 red ; and the feafon is lefs infefted with 

 flies and heat, which in July and Augujt 

 are apt to be very troublefome -, and fre- 

 quently fo teafe and torment a horfe at 

 pafture, that, with ilamping and kick- 

 ing, his gourdinefs and wind-galls will 

 often rather be increafed than dimi- 

 nilhed. 



The Fields which lie near great towns, Cautions 

 and are much dunged, are not proper J^''^^^^ ^q' 

 paPcUre for horfes ; bur, on obfervation, paftare. 

 appear very injurious to them, if they feed 

 thereon all the fummer. 



Horfes may be kept abroad all theMoTchorf- 

 year, where they have a proper ftable, or^^^J'^^^^^ 

 Ihed, to fhelter them from the weather, .^^^^^^^ 



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