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adopt my system. Beans are such excellent 

 feeding that I cannot object to an admixture 

 of them, and to most EngHsh horses they are 

 almost a necessity ; but in Ireland we care little 

 about them. It is unwise to give too much hay. 

 I said ** abundance " on a former page, but the 

 word, as I used it, did not signify a large 

 quantity. For horses led three times daily 

 upon a plentiful measure of oats, crushed 

 Indian corn, and beans if desired, a few 

 handfuls of hay will be amply sufficient, and 

 this should be placed where the horse can 

 stoop to it, but never above him, as in the 

 effort to disengage it from the rack the seeds 

 fall in his eyes and produce irritation, and 

 sometimes permanent disease. 



A bran-mash on a Saturday night, or after 

 a hard day, forms an admirable variety o the 

 ordinary feeding routine. Let the bran be 

 thoroughly well steeped and mixed, and a 

 portion of cooked oats or chopped carrots 

 intermingled with it. This will induce almost 

 any animal to partake of the bran, from which 

 otherwise many dehcate feeders will resolutely 

 turn. 



