GENERAL DIETARY. 73 



It now being necessary to cook again, this time it will be 

 well to obtain fresh fish instead of meat, and use vegeta- 

 bles in cooking as before. But as fish changes quickly 

 and soon becomes poisonous, only suflEicient for one meal 

 should be cooked. 



On the fourth day again cook beef or mutton with vege- 

 tables. Put away enough of the soup for the next night, 

 and to what is retained add bread, rice, oatmeal, Indian 

 meal or the like. 



The next day thicken the soup left over with crushed 

 dog cakes. And these cakes with a generous quantity of 

 milk will do for the sixth day's supper. 



This diet-table will give a near idea how mature dogs 

 should be fed at night — the time when they should be 

 given their heartiest meal. Further variations will be 

 easy ; and the longer the list of foods the better. 



The method of preparation advised favors convenience 

 greatly and there can be no decided objection to it where 

 the dogs are of large size, have vigorous digestive powers 

 and are allowed a goodly amount of exercise. But the 

 fact is apparent that a soup made in this way is richer 

 and less digestible than the vegetables and meats would 

 be were they cooked separately. Again, in soups which 

 are thickened with starchy foods it is scarcely possi- 

 ble to keep the proportion of the various ingredients 

 right. 



Consequently when it is possible to do so it is best to 

 cook the meat in one kettle, the vegetables in another, 

 and the starches by themselves, and keep them separate 

 until they are to be served. Then the correct proportions 

 can be put into the feeding pan, the vegetables, bread, 

 rice, Indian meal or other starches softened with the 

 broth, and all well mixed together. 



Another good way of preparing meat for dogs, and one 



