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but that there is this difference a long experience justifies me in 

 asserting without fear of contradiction. With regard to the use of 

 undressed wheat flour, I am of opinion that it contains much more 

 nourishment, and agrees with the dog better than fine flour ; that 

 is, after the age of eight or nine weeks, before which time it 

 irritates the bowels and causes diarrhoea. The flour should be 

 ground tolerably fine, but should contain all the bran and pollard. 

 Ked wheat is, I think, better than white, but I do not speak 

 confidently on this point. The celebrated French physiologist, 

 Magendie, found by experiment that a dog fed on fine wheaten 

 bread alone, died after forty days ; while another dog fed on brown 

 bread lived on without any disturbance of his health (Millon, 

 Comptes rendus, xxxvii. p. 40). 



From the age of nine or ten months, till training begins, the 

 food may be as already described for the puppy, or the flour may 

 be made into bread, according to circumstances and the conveni- 

 ence of the master. It should, however, never be forgotten that 

 the dog requires change of diet, and that every month he should 

 be fed on slops for a day or two. Many use the ordinary dog 

 biscuits as usually sold, but I should not recommend them, as they 

 are made of all sorts of flour, generally of a damaged quality. 

 The meal may be made into bread in the ordinary way with barm, 

 or, better still, as follows : 



To MAKE BROWN BREAD WITHOUT BARM. Take of flour 12 Ibs., 

 bicarbonate of soda 2 ounces, mix them well together with the 

 hands or by sifting through a fine sieve ; then mix 2 ounces of 

 muriatic acid with 8 pints of water, stirring it well with a glass or 



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