KINDS OF FOOD. 35 



The uses of food, and its necessity to the organism has, I 

 trust, been clearly and simply shewn. The next things to 

 ohserve, are the kinds of food best adapted to the wants of the 

 horse, and the best modes in which to admiaister it. 



Kinds of Pood. — Of the many substances used as food 

 for horses, the following (iacluding "Water) may be enumerated 

 as chief: — 



List No. 1.— GREEN. 



Qreen 'Food, or those articles of diet enumerated in List 1, 

 I shall remark upon but briefly ia the present part of the work. 

 This class of diet is the staple article of food for young animals. 

 It is given to horses in hard work, as an agreeable and salutary 

 change. In like manner, and also for the same purpose, it is 

 given, when ia season, to sick and lame horses. As I shall 

 devote a section to the consideration of such matters as relate 

 to the hygienic management of the latter class, — the kiads of 

 food named in this list, together with the following, viz., barley, 

 malt, liaseed, and bran, will be more fully treated upon in the 

 section ia question. 



Hay. — Hay stands in much the same relation to the horse 

 that bread does to the human species. Hay is considered at 

 its best when from one to three years old : when good, it is 

 known by its clear bright colour, its freedom from dust, and its 



