CRUSHED OATS. 



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and at the same time be much improved in general condition. 

 The secret of fresheuiug horses mainly depends upon their 

 having good food in small quantities at a time. A horse of 

 fifteen or fifteen hands and a half high, not an inordinate feeder, 

 a,nd whose labour is not severe, may be kept in a very efficient 

 state upon three quarterns of oats per diem, with a moderate 

 allowance of hay in addition. 



Crushed Oats. — When horses feed greedily, and bolt their 

 corn without first masticating it, the best plan is to give the 

 oats in a crushed state. This is done by means of a mill 

 similar to the one shewn in 

 the annexed engraving. Ex- 

 cellent mills for the purpose 

 here recommended, may be 

 procured at a trifling cost 

 from Messrs. Richmond and 

 Chandler, of Salford, Man- 

 chester. They are of great 

 service, and few well-conducted 

 stables are without so neces- 

 sary an appendage. 



Fig, 7. 

 The owner of a single horse whose labour is not severe, 

 may find it advantageous to use a mixture of corn composed as 

 follows : 



Crushed oats 2|- stones. 



Split beans 2 



Bran (coarse) 2 



A portion of which is to be given two or three times a day, in 

 such proportions as that it may last eight or ten days. Should 

 the work of the horse happen to become more severe than 



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