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irritable temperament, are frequently too light of 

 body, their bowels being easily relaxed, especially 

 when alarmed. While the good feeder, or as Mr. 

 Darvill calls him, the " craving" horse, will 

 readily consume his twelve to fifteen quarts of 

 oats during the day, the more weakly animal will 

 only eat about ten, and will be found to derive 

 benefit from beans judiciously administered. These, 

 being chosen of the best quality, should he hulled 

 and split, and about a double handful may be 

 mixed in each feed of corn. 



White peas, and even wheat, are sometimes mixed 

 wdth the corn, to tempt the appetite of bad feeders 

 with variety ; but this practice is not by any means 

 approved of by the best authorities we have con- 

 sulted. 



Chaff, cut only from the best hay, may be mixed 

 with the oats of those horses who, feeding too 

 voraciously, do not sufficiently grind their corn. 

 Mr. Darvill recommends this to be done with race 

 horses only when laying by in the winter ; but as 

 the habit of "bolting" their food must be pro- 

 ductive of much injury at all times, we see no 

 objection to its general practice, care being taken 

 to regulate the quantity of hay accordingly. 



Bran mashes are generally used in preparing 

 horses for physic ; they are also found very bene- 

 ficial and cooling to horses of a costive and 

 phlethoric habit of body during the winter, and 



