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that linseed meal was better either than linseed or 

 the oil. I have never tried the meal, and have 

 discarded the use of oil except as a mild purgative, 

 and I am thoroughly satisfied with boiled linseed. 

 It forms once a week, or oftener if required, a 

 part of the regular dietary of my stables. It is my 

 idea that it obviates the necessity for using medi- 

 cine in many cases in which drugs might be neces- 

 sary. And for drugs in the stable I have a great 

 distaste. 



The conclusion of the whole matter is this. 

 Only the best hay and oats are really worth buy- 

 ing. They repay us in the health and working 

 power of the horse. Economy can only be con- 

 sulted by buying in the lowest market and storing 

 for future use, and this again is only possible to 

 the man who has his stable expenses in hand, so 

 that he can spend ;^loo or so in the spring for 

 forage to be consumed the following year. Now 

 not every one can do this, and like other people 

 with moderate incomes, he has to pay a higher 

 price to a corn-dealer and to buy his corn as he 

 wants it. Or again, the horse-owner, for whom I 

 am especially writing, may not and will not have 

 storage for a large quantity of hay and corn. 



We now turn to another important topic, that 

 of the bedding for the horses. These are saw- 

 dust, sand, peat-moss, and straw. The second I 

 dislike \ the first I have never used, though I have 

 seen it in the late Duke of Beaufort's time in the 



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