100 PUTTING INTO CONDITION. 



EXERCISE. 



The system to be adopted with regard to exercise 

 must be regular ; and it is to be gradually and never 

 suddenly increased. Having now improved and be- 

 come strong, he should have a canter during his 

 morning's exercise three or four times a week, and 

 any green meat that he has been feeding on changed 

 to dry grass ; but three weeks must be allowed before 

 the change is wholly completed. Increase one tnap 

 of ground grain every fortnight, and let the exercise 

 be proportioned to this gradual increase of grain, and 



NATIVE REMEDIES FOR IMPROVING, FATTENING, 

 AND GIVING A HORSE AN APPETITE, 



FOR IMPROVING. 



The Ralib, called Hulwaee Udruk, to be given only in the cold season. 



Take of ghee, pounded turmeric, green ginger, and methee, two seers and 

 a half each ; put the ghee on the fire first, fry the turmeric well in it ; then 

 throw in the methee and green ginger, and let them fry thoroughly : then mix 

 five seers of brown sugar in that, and add ten seers of milk. Work the whole 

 up into a confection, and give a quarter of a seer once a day after watering. 

 Increase it by degrees to a seer. It is a perfect elixir, and, if given through- 

 out the cold season, the horse will be a world of beauty. 



FOR FATTENING. 



Give turmeric, for six weeks, that has been steeped for twenty-four hours 

 thus : mix one-eighth of a seer of turmeric with milk in which it has soaked 

 for twenty-four hours, and give it once a day, fasting. Increase the 

 quantity gradually to a quarter of a seer. 



The seer for the above, means the native puckah seer, which is nearly 

 two pounds. The cutcha seer is nearly a one-pound measure. 



FOR GIVING AN APPETITE. 



Take equal parts' of mustard, bhang, salt, and kichree, (kichree is rice and 

 dal,) with flour just sufficient to mix the whole in. Weigh, and give about 

 ten drachms once a day, after he has finished his feed, keeping him reined up 

 fora quarter of an hour afterwards. This is also good when the bowels are 

 flatulent, or when at exercise they make a rumbling noise, like a mussuk 

 of water in the inside. 



All these are useful at times, provided they are given in moderation, and 

 nothing whatever ails the horse, but only simply wanting flesh, or appetite, 

 If taken willingly, of course the better. 



