HOESE MANAGEMENT IN INDIA. 



Bran Mashes are made as follows : After scald- 

 ing a stable bucket with boiling water, put into it about 

 3 Ibs. of bran, with an ounce of salt, and pour in as 

 much boiling water as the bran will take up, which 

 will be about equal to the weight of the bran itself, 

 calculating the gallon of water to weigh 10 Ibs. The 

 mash should then be well covered, so as to keep in the 

 steam, and should be left to stand for a quarter of an 

 hour, or twenty minutes. 



Bran and Linseed Mashes. Boil slowly from 1 

 to If Ibs. of linseed, for two or three hours, till the 

 grains become soft, allowing only just sumcent water, so 

 that at the end of the time, it may, when the linseed is 

 cooked, soak up a couple of pounds of bran, which is 

 then mixed in and the whole covered up, as before 

 described. The thicker the mash, the readier will the 

 horse eat it. 



Linseed. This grain, which is the seed of the flax 

 plant, containing as it does a large percentage of oil, is 

 very useful for fattening horses that are low in flesh. 

 It improves the condition of the coat in a marked 

 manner, and has a peculiarly soothing effect on the 

 urinary organs. A linseed mash is the usual form in 

 which it is given. If the making of this cause too 

 much trouble, a quarter of a pint of the oil, mixed 

 through the corn daily, may be substituted. Linseed 

 is most beneficial in cases of a disordered state of the 

 skin, difficulty in staling, and diseases of the organs of 

 breathing. 



Owing to the careless method of saving which is 

 adopted by cultivators in India, the linseed that is sold 

 in the bazaar, usually, contains a large proportion of 



