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strained, as the water in which they are 

 boiled is irritating and diuretic in its effects. 



Green Fokage : 



During the spring cut grass mixed with 

 hay half and half is very good for horses, but 

 you should be careful to avoid using that 

 which is grown on a sewage farm, or which is 

 saturated with moisture. If grass has been 

 lying in a wet state for 24 hours or longer, 

 fermentation may have set in, and it would 

 be very bad, and might very likely produce 

 colic. When feeding chiefly on grass, it will 

 be found better to use beans or maize or a 

 mixture of the two instead of oats ; beans and 

 maize contain more muscle-forming ingredi- 

 ents, and their heating qualities are counter- 

 acted by the cooling properties of the grass. 

 ITaving decided to take grass in exchange for 

 hay or straw, care should be taken to obtain 

 a fair equivalent, and especially to have due 

 allowance made for any excess of moisture in 

 the grass when weighed out. 



Bran : 



Bran is useful for making mashes, but 

 horses should not be fed on bran alone for 



