CORRESPONDENCE. 269' 



neither tear nor be removed ; had it been of 

 light, thin material, and short, the sad accident 

 wonld not have occurred. I am satisfied a 

 little care and proper attention will put all 

 things right of which your correspondent 



complains. 



I am, &c. 



0. P. 



December, 1880. 



giB, — In your issue of the 4th December, 

 " Farmer " writes that his horses are fed upon 

 oats which have been soaked in cold water, 

 and that he has the corn thus prepared because 

 he could not easily manage to have a steaming 

 apparatus for cooking the food in the way that 

 is recommended by Mr. Edward Mayhew 

 M.R.C.Y.S., in his Illustrated Horse Management, 

 The plan that I have adopted during the last 

 two months has been to have the oats put in 

 a pail (made of oakwood) in th« evening, and 

 to pour upon them from a kettle a sufficient 

 quantity of boiling water to rise a little above 

 the oats ; a sack is placed over it to keep in 

 the heat, and the oats are then left to soak 



