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think that this little volume would have been 

 cheap at a ten-pound note. There are, of 

 course, times when raw oats must be given^ 

 for your horse may not always be in your own 

 stable. At such times it is a good plan to 

 mix chopped clover or grass through the 

 feeding, taking care that grain and clover be 

 thoroughly mingled. The judicious mixture 

 of green meat wdll go far towards counteracting^ 

 the binding effects which raw oats will be 

 likely to have upon a horse not accustomed to- 

 it, and will also induce him to masticate his 

 food, which an animal inured to softer feeding^ 

 will otherwise be apt to neglect, wasting the 

 corn by dropping it from his mouth in a 

 slobbering fashion, making no use whatever of 

 his grinders, and swallowing a certain portion 

 without chewing it at all. I am, for 

 various tried reasons, a thorough advocate for 

 Mayhew's and Shingler's style of feeding upon 

 cooked food, mingled, of course, with good 

 sweet hay, or an admixture of the juicy grasses 

 upon which the animal in its unfettered state 

 would be prone to live. 



In my stable-yard are a large boiler and an 



