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The " Boston brown bread," therefore, is of less value 

 to dogs than white bread, and it should only be given 

 them after it has been long baked or kept until it is dry 

 and hard. In all instances, also, it should be mixed with 

 other foods, as broths, meat, milk, etc., which in them- 

 selves contain very nearly sufficient nourishment. And 

 the quantity of this bread in a single meal must always 

 be small — not more than one-half of that which would 

 be allowable were it white bread or " brown bread " 

 proper. 



Bread trimmings are quite extensively used in kennels, 

 they being obtainable in cities of dealers who contract for 

 them with keepers of hotels, restaurants, etc., and sell 

 them for much less than the cost of their ingredients. 

 And such being the case, something can properly be said 

 here as to the methods of keeping them. 



As soon as they are received these trimmings should 

 be carefully examined, one by one, and all that are in the 

 slightest degree mouldy should be thrown away as worse 

 than valueless. At the same time the loaves or parts of 

 loaves of " Boston brown bread " should be cut into pieces 

 not larger than the hand, that they may speedily dry. 

 This done, the remnants should be spread out in a dry 

 and well-ventilated room, it being borne in mind that in 

 the presence of dampness they mould quickly, also that 

 when this change has occurred they are absolutely 

 poisonous. 



In this country doubtless more maize or Indian corn is 

 used in feeding dogs than any other starchy food, and 

 notwithstanding the very bitter prejudice of some breeders 

 against it, it really affords a good, serviceable accessory 

 food, provided it is rightly prepared and fed out, for it 

 contains a fairly good proportion of flesh-forming mate- 

 rials and is rich in fat. Yet except when deprived of its 



