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upon the subject of feeding, and I shall not 

 again refer to it, nor to anything connected 

 with the treatment or stable management of 

 horses, as the subject is an endless one, every- 

 body entertaining an opinion of his own, which 

 it shall not be my ambition to upset. What 

 I have said has been in kindness, and with a 

 view to benefiting both man and beast ; but I 

 do not by any means expect the majority of 

 my readers to coincide in my views. There 

 is a stolid determination general throughout 

 the world to stick to old customs and old- 

 fashioned ways and habits, no matter how 

 excellent the modern ones may be, and so the 

 ^* horse and mill" go daily round. Masters 

 object to my system because it involves an 

 outlay in the erecting of a proper boiler and 

 other necessary adjuncts ; servants object to 

 it because it gives them a little additional 

 trouble. It is far easier to lounge to the oat- 

 bin, fill a measure from it, and thrust it before 

 the animal, not caring whether it is rejected 

 or otherwise, than to fetch the water and fill 

 the boiler and go through the labours of a 

 process which, in itseK exceedingly simple, is 



