CHAPTER I. 



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FEEDING HORSES. 



General Feeding— Nag Horses— Horses on a Farm— Waggon and 

 Carmen's Horses -Judgment : when and how to use it, according 

 to circumstances— Various systems of Feeding— Green Stuff— Dry 

 Fodder— Preparation of Food. 



HIS is a subject which is very 

 important, and yet many people think 

 anyone can feed a horse. Others 

 again imagine a horse can be fed 

 anyhow and upon anything, so long as 

 it gets its food. Both these ideas are very wrong. Horses 

 which have to work should be fed properly and 

 on good food. It must be understood that whether 

 they are thorough-bred carriage horses, hunters, or 

 cart horses, it is the food which gives strength to 

 the animals. The breed no doubt has a good deal 

 to do with the spirit and pluck of a horse. At the 

 same time no matter what breed the horse is, even if he 

 is a thorough-bred, he can do but very little work unless 

 kept up well with a good supply of nourishing food. The 

 way in which a horse is fed, and what it is fed upon, is much 

 more important than most people think. 



