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even reaches the stomach. The danger of a horse 

 choking himself if the stableman takes the most 

 ordinary precautions is purely imaginary. 



2. The different grains before being given to the 

 horse may be prepared as follows : Oats and wheat, 

 bruised. Gram, Indian corn, and rice in husk, roughly 

 broken. Barley, parched and roughly broken. If the 

 parching be dispensed with, barley should at first be 

 cautiously given to the animal, so that it may not 

 " scour " him. 



3. The following forms a list of Indian foods, calcu- 

 lated to maximum amounts : 



I have assumed Indian oats to contain about a 

 quarter less nutriment than English corn. 



Bearing in mind the difficulty there often is in pro- 

 curing certain grains in many parts of India, I have 

 varied the proportions, so as to suit horse owners who 

 have but a limited supply of particular grains ; such as 

 oats, for instance. 



