RULES FOR FEEDING AND WATERING HORSES -j-j 



with a greater quantity of saliva than that of its own bulk 

 before it even reaches the stomach. The danger of a horse 

 choking himself — if the stableman takes the most ordinary- 

 precautions — is purely imaginary. 



2. The different grains, before being given to the horse, 

 may be prepared as follows : Oats and wheat, bruised. 

 Gram, Indian corn, and rice in husk, roughly broken. 

 Barley, parched and roughly broken. If the parching be 

 dispensed with, barley should at first be cautiously given 

 to the animal, so that it may not "scour" him. 



3. The following forms a list of Indian foods, calculated 

 to maximum amounts : — 



1. Gram or kiilthee 



2. Gram 

 Bran 



3. Barley ... 



4. Barley 

 Gram 



5. Oats 



6. Oats 

 Gram, kultliee, or lirud 



7. Indian corn (p. 68) 

 Bran 



8. Indian Corn 

 Gram 



9. Indian corn 

 Gram 

 Bran 



10. Gram 



Barley (parched) 

 Indian corn 

 Bran 



Iba. 

 10 



7 



5 

 16 



5^ 



7 

 20 

 14 



5 

 10 

 10 

 10 



5 



6 



5 



4 



o\ 

 4 

 5 

 4 



I have assumed Indian oats to contain about a quarter 

 less nutriment than English corn. 



Bearing in mind the difficulty there often is in pro- 

 curing certain grains in many parts of India, I have varied 

 the proportions, so as to suit horse-owners who have but a 



