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stable, can, by the use of this feed, be relieved of this 

 condition as promptly as by turning out to grass, in- 

 volving none of the contingencies which attend the 

 latter, the full strength and vigor being maintained 

 in the meantime. Nothing so quickly improves the 

 coat of the horse as the use of a little oil-cake incor- 

 porated with his feed, while turning out to grass in 

 sun and rain fades and roughens the hair in a week's 

 time. In addition to this, oil-cake loosens the bowels, 

 the degree to which this is done being entirely under 

 control, while the effect of a run on grass is largely a 

 matter of chance. 



THE FEEDING OF ROAD HORSES. 



Eight years ago I began to practice medicine in 

 the country (says " an Orange County doctor," in the 

 Tribune), and was advised by my father-in-law, a phy- 

 sician of thirty years' experience, to feed my horse 

 but twice a day. The proposition was indignantly 

 spurned ; I ate three times daily ; why should not my 

 horse ? At last prevailed upon, I made a trial of the 

 system, and after some years' experience am more 

 than satisfied. I can most heartily endorse all that 

 Dr. Page wrote — in the recent article on " Horse Hy- 

 giene " — and would respectfully submit the following 

 rules for feeding road horses: (i) Feed as near 6 A.M. 

 and 6 P.M. as possible ; or in winter at 5 P.M. if pre- 

 ferred. (2) Vary your feed in kind from time to time ; 

 oats, however, always being the staple. (3) Vary the 

 quantity of feed according to the work. (4) Always 

 shake the dust and settlings out of your hay, and use 



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