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Bran Mashes are made as follows : — After scalding 

 a stable-bucket with boiling water, put into it about 

 3 lbs. of bran, with an ounce of salt, and pour in as much 

 boiling water as the bran will take up, which will be 

 about equal to the weight of the bran itself, calculating 

 the gallon of water to weigh 10 lbs. The mash should 

 then be well covered, so as to keep in the steam, and 

 should be left to stand for a quarter of an hour, or twenty 

 minutes. 



Bran and Linseed Mashes. — Boil slowly from 1 to IJ 

 lbs. of linseed, for two or three hours, till the grains 

 become soft, allowing only just sufficient water, so that 

 at the end of the time, it may, when the linseed is 

 cooked, soak up a couple of pounds of bran, which is 

 then mixed in and the whole covered up, as before 

 described. The thicker the mash, the readier will the 

 horse eat it. 



Linseed. — This grain, which is the seed of the flax 

 plant, containing as it does a large percentage of oil, is 

 very useful for fattening horses that are low in flesh. 

 It improves the condition of the coat in a marked manner 

 and has a peculiarly soothing effect on the urinary organs. 

 A linseed mash is the usual form in which it is given. 

 If the making of this cause too much trouble, a quarter 

 of a pint of the oil, mixed through the corn daily, may 

 be substituted. Linseed is most beneficial in cases of a 

 disordered state of the skin, difficulty in staling, and 

 diseases of the organs of breathing. 



Owing to the careless method of saving which is 

 adopted by cultivators in India, the linseed that is sold 

 in the bazaar, usually, contains a large proportion of 



