THE HORSE : ITS KEEP AND MANAGEMENT. 3 3 



Generally speaking, the horses should not have any 

 more food till they have cleared their manger out clean. 

 The attendant should see to it that all the dust 

 is out of the chaff, as the horses object to this being in their 

 food very much. Bran, oats, and beans are usually the 

 farmers' bill of fare in the way of corn for horses in many 

 parts of the country. A farmer who understands his 

 business well, as a rule, allows his horses a peck a day, and a 

 little bran in addition to that. It must be understood that 

 although the work a cart horse does is hard, yet it is steady. 

 A person who understands feeding his horses properly will 

 be able to get as much work out of them on straw cut up 

 and wheat chaff as another will who feeds on half hay cut 

 up and half straw, and yet both are allowed the same 

 quantity of corn. Horses always enjoy their food so much 

 more if they only have a little at a time, no matter whether 

 they are cart or carriage horses. When too much food is 

 put in the manger they often throw some out of the sides. 

 That is not the worst part of it however. When they have 

 more food given them than they can eat, especially cut stuff, 

 such as chaff or corn, they blow in it. It must be under- 

 stood that a horse does not eat in the same way as a cow. 

 When the latter is feeding on chaff or anything similar 

 to that, she pushes her mouth down and licks the food in 

 with her tongue, fills her mouth, and then holds her head 

 up until she finishes chewing it. Not so with horses, 

 they only take a little at a time in the mouth, and 

 usually keep the nose in the manger the whole of the 

 time they are eating. They keep turning the food over 

 and over, picking the sweetest out first, consequently they 



