4$ HORSES: ^i 



the chaff, or rather the awns, of hurley, vvhlch'^ 

 in ibmc places, are thrown as ufclcfs to the 

 dung-hill, are here in good eflcem as horfe-pro- 

 vender. Oat-chaff is deiefvedly confidered aS 

 being of a much inferior quality. 



The fummer keep of horfes, is almofl wholly,* 

 clover : — fome few tares are grown, but the 

 quantity is inconfiderable. 



Soiling horfei, in the flable^ is not here a prac- 

 tice ; except for baiting in the day-time •, the 

 Korfes being univerfally kept out at night; and^ 

 generally, in clover-lays. 



A Angular expedient to prevent their break- 

 ing pafture is here pradtifed : — Horfes inclined 

 to this vice are chained, two-and-tw^o, by the 

 fore-feet ; one end of a chain, about a yard 

 long, being faftencd with a faaekle to the near- 

 foot of one horfc, and the other end to the off- 

 foot of the other* This, however, though an 

 excellent way of preventing their rambling, is 

 a dangerous pradice : accidents frequently hap- 

 pen. I knew an inftance of two horfes, coupled 

 in this manner, falling into a marl-pit twenty 

 feet deep ; and though one of them miracu- 

 loufly efcaped, in a great meafure unhurt, the 

 other was mangled in a manner, equally iingularf 



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