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through a fine sieve. One pound of pearl barley will require 

 about two gallons of water. The way to prepare barley water 

 is simply to let the water and the barley boil slowly together. 

 When the barley is boiled sufficiently (which may be known by 

 its soft pulpy condition), strain off the liquor, and when cool it 

 is ready for use. The barley after being boiled, if mixed with 

 a small quantity of bran, may be allowed as food. 



Rice "Watee. — Eice water, when properly prepared, is a 

 pleasant beverage. Many horses prefer to drink the simple 

 rice water ; others, with a little salt added ; and others again, if 

 slightly sweetened with sugar. It is an excellent diluent to give 

 in chronic diarrhoea, after an acute attack of the disease. In 

 addition to the rice water, the rice itself may be allowed as 

 food, either alone or mixed with a little bran. 



Eice, such as can be purchased from any of the ordinary 

 retail grocery establishments, is of three kinds, viz., Carolina, 

 Arracan, and Patna. The two last named are of an inferior 

 quality ; the best rice is the Carolina. 



Prepare the rice water as follow : — Pour a pound of Carolina 

 rice into a large-sized pan, and add to it nine quarts of water. 

 Let the whole boil very gently for two hours upon a slow fire ; 

 then strain it through a sieve, and when the liquor is cold it is 

 ready for use. 'From one to two quarts of the liquor may be 

 allowed at a time, repeated two or three times a day. 



Oatmeai and Linseed GrErEi. — AU kinds of gruel are 

 easy to make, if the preparer understands the art of making 

 them. The secrets of the process are not difficult to learn ; 

 and I would strongly advise everyone having pretensions to be 

 a groom to learn how to cook properly those articles of diet 

 which are either regularly or occasionally required for the horse. 

 Care should be exercised in preparing oatmeal gruel ; otherwise 

 it will be smoked — a state which is sure to disgust the patient. 



