PRATTS POINTERS ON THE HORSE 



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Horses that are fed cooked food are subject to colic, diar- 

 rhoea and many other diseases, and are lacking in vigor. 



FEEDING 

 HOURS 



Horses should be fed three times a day. 

 The first meal should be between five and 

 six o'clock, while the last food should 

 be given about six or seven p. m. 

 Regularity is necessary to proper 

 health. Over-eating and indiges- 

 tion are usually caused by not fol- 

 lowing this rule. Arrange such 

 hours as are convenient, and then 

 follow them faithfully. As a 

 horse, in its natural state, always 

 eats with its head down, serve its 

 food low, especially hay. 



KATING— HBAD DOWN. 



OTHER 



FOODS 



Barley and rye should be fed with care. 

 Beans and peas, thoroughly dried and 

 crushed, with oats, make an excellent 

 mixture. They contain much nutriment, and it is a 

 good feed for farm horses. Bran, in some stables, is fed 

 daily and good results are shown. Carrots and turnips 

 fed raw are good for hard- worked horses. Potatoes, on 

 account of their cheapness and worth, make a good winter 

 food, and when boiled and mixed with oats and chopped 



