1 8 THE HORSE: ITS KEEP AND MANAGEMENT. 



every day, look forward with such pleasure to it that they 

 will not eat up their dry food, but wait anxiously for the 

 green stuff. When this is the case it is far better to cut the 

 green stuff in with the hay, especially where the person cuts 

 their chaff every day. 



This mixture must not be kept from day to day 

 after it is cut up, if so, it will become heated and 

 spoil the whole of it. If it is cut in the morning 

 and is to be used during the day or night it is alright. 

 I mention this because some people might be cutting 

 chaff enough to last a week, and put green stuff in it. 

 In that case it would do more harm than good. When 

 horses have not a very good appetite during the summer, 

 if they are working hard, a little green stuff cut up in the 

 way described is very helpful to them. It does occur some" 

 times that horses go off their food, but it is very seldom if 

 they are managed properly. I am often asked how much 

 food a person should give a horse per day. This is really 

 difficult to answer, for several reasons. To begin with, very 

 often small horses will eat more than big ones. Then 

 again, a great deal depends upon what work they do. Not 

 only so, but the quality of the food makes a great difference 

 in this respect. If it is good sound stuff they do not want 

 so much of it as when it is poor stuff. I know some 

 people say horses should have so many pounds of hay a day 

 and so many pounds of corn. Now it is always unwise to 

 give a stated quantity. Horses should be fed so that they 

 clean it all up nicely. A spirited horse, which does but very 

 little work, would soon go wrong if it were allowed the same 



