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The Stable. 



The horse should have warm, rather light and well- 

 ventilated quarters. Where room is abundant a box 

 stall is much better than the narrow tie-up stall. The 

 family horse unless regularly fed and worked is liable 

 to many diseases, caused often by improper food or 

 over feeding. The horse's stomach is small and it 

 should be given small quantities of food at more fre- 

 quent intervals than the cow, which has a large stomach 



FIG. 89 The Family Horse. One That Has Done Service for 

 Twenty-Six Years, and is Good for Many More. 



and can draw up the partially masticated food her 

 cud and chew it over at her leisure. Very bulky food 

 in large quantities should be avoided, though a feed 

 now and then of meadow hay or corn stover may be 

 beneficial. 



During the summer an occasional feed of green grass 

 or a run in the pasture now and then will do the horse 

 much good, and during the winter a few feeds of clover 

 hay, or carrots will improve his digestion. For horses 

 that are working but little, grain will not be needed 

 except after having been driven, and then a few oats 



