44 avery's own farrier. 



the bottom of the box where he eats his grain, with a 

 clean linen rag. A free use of the card and brush, with 

 a good bed, is also indispensable. By following these 

 directions you will be likely to succeed belter than you 

 will with turmeric, or colored pea flour, for it is seldom 

 anything more, and is fit only to give that yellow color 

 to medicines that they have long been accustomed to. A. 

 few seeds or drops of the oil of annis, to scent medicines, 

 may do no harm. But aside from this, you can dispense 

 with the bayberries, cardamon, coriander, diapente, fen- 

 nel, fenugreek seeds, grains of paradise, horse-spice, and 

 various others, which only encumber the shelves, and 

 load the drinks of him of the old school, and should be 

 banished from a rational farrier's prescription.* 



A horse may be fattened much cheaper when he runs 

 out to grass than when kept upon dry food, for it requires 

 less grain, and he will exercise himself, and needs no 

 medicine, allowing the flies do not annoy him, in which 

 case he will do better to be tied in the stable during the 

 day time, and letting him run out nights. When kept up, 

 green clover and green carrot tops are very beneficial, 

 being a good substitute for the pasture. He should al- 

 ways have clay and salt within his reach, and be allowed 

 to lick what he pleases of it; and it is not unfiequently 

 that this is the only alterative course needed. - 



* For further particulars, see Condition Powders, how made, in 

 No. 1, Recipes, &c., &c. 



