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7%e fir& Bread. 



Take three Pecks of clean Beans, and one Peck of 

 fine Wheat, mix them together, and grind them in- 

 to pure Meal. Then bolt it pretty fine, 3nd knead 

 it up with great ftore of frefh Barm and Lightning, 

 but with as little Water as may be : Labour it well 

 in a Trough; break it, and cover it warm that it 

 may fwell : Then knead it over again, and mould 

 it into big Loaves, and fo bake them well, and let 

 them foak foundly. After they are drawn from the 

 Oven, turn the bottoms upward, and let them cool. 

 At three Days old you may give him this Bread, but 

 notfooner; for nothing is more apt to furfeitthan 

 new Bread. If it be dank nr clammy, fo that the 

 Horfe takes diftafte thereat, then cut the Loaf into 

 thin Slices, and lay it abroad in a Sieve to dry, 

 and then crumbling it fmall amongft his Oats, you 

 may give it him without danger. When you give 

 him this Bread, chip it very well, a Rd crumbling it 

 pretty fmall, mix it with the Oats you had fifted 

 and fet by. You may give him as much Bread as 

 may countervail the quantity of Oats, or more if you 

 think fit, and fo leave him till Eleven a Clock, and 

 then give him the fame quantity of Oats and Bread, 

 and let him reft till the Afternoon. 



At One after Noon, if you intend not to give 

 him an Heat the next Day, feed him with Bread 

 and Oats as in the Forenoon, and fo every Meal 

 following for that Day. 



But if you intend the next Day to give him an 

 Heat, then you fhall only give him a Quart of 

 clean fifted Oats, but no Hay, and fo let him reft 

 J;ill Evening. At Four a Clock give him the like 

 quantity of clean-lifted Oats; and after he has 

 eaten them, Bridle, Drefs, Cloath, Saddle, Water, 

 Air, Exercife, bring home, and order him as be- 

 fore. Jheyved ' 7 pnly give him neither Hay nor Bread 



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