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balance the right way, and with good management 

 it ought to do so, and a very good balance too, in- 

 asmuch as every horse should at least earn his keep. 

 If he were not to do so, it would, indeed, be a poor 

 look-out for livery-stable-keepers, and these latter 

 invariably feed their horses well. 



Ordinary horses are fed three times a day, viz. : 

 in the morning, at mid-day, and in the evening ; but 

 those which are delicate feeders may have their 

 food divided into four, or even six, different feeds. 

 No food which is left should ever be permitted to 

 remain, but be taken away as soon as possible. 

 Hay and corn are generally used as food, and 

 these are given se])arately, of course. It is a good 

 plan where a horse is a gross feeder and bolts his 

 food, or where it is difficult to put flesh on a horse, 

 to give chaff instead of hay alone. 



Chaff is merely hay and straw mixed together 

 and chopped up in a chaff-cutter, into lengths of 

 about an inch. The corn and chaff may then be 

 mixed together in a sieve and given to the horse, 

 but it is necessary that they should be well mixed 

 together, and well for the master to examine the 

 manger now and again and see this is done ; for 

 slight as the trouble is, grooms are very apt to 

 neglect this mixing, and the entire object for which 

 the chaff is given is defeated. As many horses are 



