CHAPTER Vm. 



HOW TO FEED, WATEB A1ST> GBOOM. 



%. LATINO THK FOUNDATION. II. WHAT TO FEED. in. WHEN TO FEED. IV. Win 



TBRTNG. V. KIND3 AND QUANTITIES OP FOOD TO BE GIVEN. VI. HOW TO PRR- 



PARKTHE FOOD. VU. HOW TO MAKE MASHES, GRUELS AND HAY-TEA. VIU. THB 



VALUE OP HAY AND STRAW. IX. FEEDING GRAIN. X. STABLE CARE AND GR001IS< 



ING. XI. THE TIME TO CLEAN. XII. CARE OF THE FEET. ^— XIU. BLANEETBOa 



WHSN NECESSARY. PROPER TOOLS FOR THE STABML 



I. Laying the Foundation. 



The feeding of horses must be either simple or complex according to 

 the circumstances under which they are placed and the nature of the 

 work required of them. It would, for instance, be as foolish with the 

 farm or ordinary work horse to pamper with fire- warmed stables, highly 

 stimulating food, and exquisite grooming, together with all the parapher- 

 nalia of blankets, hoods, bandages for the legs, and necessities of tht 

 trotting or racing stable, as it would be to allow this latter class to re- 

 ceive only the same care and attention usually bestowed upon the team kept 

 solely for the plow and other drudgery of the farm. At the same tim« 

 the extremes to which horses are subject, either on the farm or in racing 

 •tables, might well be modified in very many cases to the health and w«Jk 



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