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food is required. Three or four pounds of it may be 

 mixed with the horse's other grain. 



Mote {Plmseolus acoiiitifolius). — A friend of mine, who 

 has had a long experience among horses in India, tells 

 me that equal quantities of mote and gram, bruised and 

 given raw, forms an excellent food for horses. I would, 

 with confidence, suggest the daily addition of from 2 to 

 4 lbs. of dry bran to this mixture. I have no personal 

 acquaintance with the value of mote as an article of forage. 



Barley. — Next to oats, this grain is, in my opinion, the 

 most suitable one for horses, which should be gradually 

 accustomed to its use, for it is apt to disagree with them 

 at first. It may be given raw and in a bruised state, or 

 parched, which is probably the better plan, as the husk 

 seems to possess an acrid principle, the effects of which 

 appear to be obviated by the process of parching. A 

 native parcher (bJmrhhunJa) will charge two or three 

 annas a maund (82 lbs.) for parching. Boiled barley may 

 also be used. Barley should not be employed until it is 

 at least a year old. 



A mixture of parched barley and gram, known as 

 ardawct, is commonly sold in India. It is usually made 

 of inferior grain, and is always more or less adulterated 

 with dirt and chaff. 



Indian Corn. — This gTain, known as mukaee, is very 

 cheap and plentiful in some parts — the Punjab, for 

 instance. In Europe and America, maize is usually 

 regarded as a food that, without the addition of other 

 grain, is not sufficient for the requirements of hard- 

 working horses. The results of experiments conducted 

 on a large scale in France and Austria, as well as 



