EULES FOE FEEDING AND WATEEING- HOESES. 79 



5 A.M. ... ... lib. 



8.30 ... .. 21bs. 



12.30 P.M. ... ... 2 



4 lib. 



8 31bs. 



Total 9 Ibs. 



17. When the animal's powers of digestion are im- 

 paired, spices or condiments may be given, in order to 

 stimulate the system to take up an increased amount of 

 nutriment from the food. Such articles have little or 

 no dietetic value of their own. 



18. In order to induce the horse to eat slowly, it is 

 desirable to feed him from a broad box, or trough, 

 placed not much above the level of the ground. On 

 the bottom of the box, the corn may be spread out in a 

 thin layer. 



19. Greedy feeders may have a quantity of chopped 

 hay mixed through their corn. 



20. A horse should not be worked for at least an 

 hour and a half after feeding. 



21. A horse should always have a supply of hay, or 

 dried grass before him while he is eating his corn, so 

 that, by inducing him to vary his food, he may not 

 consume it in too concentrated a form. 



22. Horses, that are inclined to " scour," should 

 have some hay given to them before they get their corn. 



23. Unless in cases of enforced idleness, depraved 

 appetite, &c., a horse should have as much hay, or dried 

 grass as he may choose to eat. 



24. If procurable, the grass which is called doob in 



