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that favors convenience greatly when no very great 

 amount of this food is required, is as follows : Obtain, 

 as needed, one or more glass jars of good size such 

 as are used for preserving. Cut the meat fine. Put 

 into each jar a quantity sufficient to make it about one- 

 half full. Fill up with cold water and cover with saucers. 

 Now stand these jars in small shallow pans containing a 

 little water, place them in the oven of the kitchen stove 

 and leave them there four or five hours or overnierht if 

 possible. And no matter how tough the meat, when 

 cooked in this way it becomes tender; moreover, nearly 

 all its virtues have been saved and the broth is appetizing 

 as well as quite nutritious. 



The morning meal scarcely requires any special prep- 

 aration, and one or more dog cakes, according to the 

 size of the dog, or a few dry, hard pieces of stale bread 

 and a goodly quantity of new milk, skimmed milk or but- 

 termilk will' admirably meet all requirements. 



It will naturally be assumed from this that the writer 

 is in favor of the two-meals-a-day system. He believes 

 that under many conditions for all dogs other than toys a 

 light breakfast — largely of milk, because of its very 

 decidedly good effect upon the coat — and a good sup- 

 per is the regimen most conducive to health. It cer- 

 tainly in some degree discourages gluttony, for this 

 disposition is as a rule far more pronounced in dogs 

 that are fed but once in twenty-four hours. And these 

 suffer more frequently from indigestion than others that 

 are fed twice daily. 



In the wild state the dog was a gluttonous animal, for 

 his chances of a meal came only seldom, and to guard 

 against starvation he was forced to overload his stomach ; 

 but now if he is rightly fed this disposition is never 

 exhibited in great intensity ; and the less intense it is 

 the better his health. 



