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repeated cuttings. I do not mean to assert that 

 lucerne could be used in this country as freely and 

 generally as in India, or that its growth could be 

 exactly similar, but it is nevertheless a valuable 

 crop anywhere where it can be grown. I believe 

 that it is an expensive one, and hence perhaps the 

 reason why one so seldom sees it in this country. 

 Wherever it is grown, however, it appears to thrive 

 well. 



Carrots are most useful to give to horses — two 

 or three a day are sufficient. These should always 

 be cut lengthwise, otherwise a horse may choke. 

 The white variety are, I think, to be preferred to 

 the red, when obtainable. They much assist horses 

 in shedding their coats, but must not be used in 

 immoderate quantity. The average price of horse 

 carrots is about 40s. per ton ; but is of course 

 variable. 



The reader will, perhaps, be anxious to learn 

 what quantity of food is necessary for the well- 

 doing of an ordinary horse, and I propose therefore 

 to give him a scale to go by, which he can increase 

 or diminish according as he may find necessary, and 

 I think that I can hardly make use of a better one 

 than that which is used in our cavalry. I have 

 myself always found it sufficient for a horse of 

 ordinary size. 



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