as there are oats, that is, each horse wants to eat 

 three quarts of oats and one quart of bran at night ; 

 feed while it is warm ; you may also give an ear or 

 two of corn with this feed, if the horse hasn't had 

 enough. As spring advances and you begin to give 

 the horse more work, you can dispense with the cooked 

 food and give him dry oats, especially after grass be- 

 gins to come ; then I like to graze two or three times 

 a week on days after giving the horse fast work ; the 

 grain will have to be increased as the work is increased. 

 In the spring I generally feed from ten to twelve 

 quarts a day, and some horses will need a little more ; 

 but I think most horses do better on twelve quarts a 

 day or less, than more. Very few horses will digest 

 more than twelve quarts of oats a day. If a horse 

 does not digest his grain, fifteen quarts would not be 

 as good for him as ten. When horses commence to 

 jog in the winter the teeth should be looked after and 

 the rough edges taken off, so that the mouth will not 

 get sore. When the teeth are neglected they get to 

 driving on one rein and fussing with the bit, which is 

 very injurious to the horse's temper, as he is liable to 

 form the habit and keep it up through the spring and 

 summer ; and to be successful the race horse must have 

 a good mouth. 



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