KINDS OE FOOB. 



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Kinds oe Food. — Of the many substances used as food 

 for horses, the following may be enumerated as the chief. 



List No. l.-GKEEN. 



List No. 2— DRY. 



Grass 



Green Clover 



Eryegrass 



Tares 



Carrots 



Turnips 



Mangold Wurzel 



Potatoes 



"Water. 



Hay 



Clover Hay 

 Oats 

 Beans 

 Bean Flour 

 Barley 

 Malt 

 Linseed 

 Locust 

 Bran. 



Green Eood, or those articles of diet enumerated in list 

 No. 1, I shall remark upon but briefly in the present part of 

 the work. This class of diet is the staple article of food for 

 young animals. It is given to horses in hard work, as an 

 agreeable and salutary change. In like manner, and also for 

 the same purpose, it is given, when in season, to sick and lame 

 horses. As I shall devote a section to the consideration of 

 such matters as relate to the hygienic management of the 

 latter class, — the kinds of food named in this list, together with 

 the following, viz., Barley, Malt, Linseed, and Bran, will be 

 more fully treated upon in the section in question. 



Hat. — Hay stands in much the same relation to the horse 

 that bread does to the human species. Hay is considered at 

 its best when from one to two years old ; when good, it is 

 known by its clear bright colour, its freedom from dust, and its 

 sweetness of smell. Bad hay is soft to the feel, dull in colour, 

 smells fusty or mouldy, and readily breaks in the straw. Hay 

 is frequently spoilt from becoming what is called mow-burut ; 



