COST OF KEEP. 131 



s. d. 

 Seven peeks of oats per week, at ] /. 4.9. per quarter 5 3 

 Seven stones of hay, at Al. \Qs. per ton - - 3 Hi 



One hundred-weight of straw, at \l. \0s. per ton - 1 6 



10 81 



Thus we see a moderate horse is, with good 

 management, to be kept for. say eleven shillings 

 a week, so far as feeding goes. Horses working 

 harder, or larger horses, must, of course, get 

 more ; but as, reckoning corn at a fair average, 

 it will cost about two-pence farthing a quartern, 

 if five feeds or six become necessary, there can be 

 no difficulty in any person calculating what his 

 horse's provender ought to cost, if kept in the 

 owner's stable ; and, allowing a horse to get the 

 topmost quantity of oats that private horses ever 

 eat — that is, six quarterns per day — the keep 

 only then comes to about 135. 4c?. per week as to 

 forage. 



Since the first edition of this book was written, 

 of course variations have taken place in the price 

 of provender ; but as the prices I have quoted 

 are only fair remunerative ones to the farmer, 

 and we cannot see into the effects time may 

 produce on prices, I let those mentioned stand. 



It may be said, and with great truth, that 

 horses belonging to ladles particularly, are gene- 

 rally badly managed, and the owners much im- 

 posed upon. First, ladies cannot go into their 

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