THEIR FEED AND THEIR FEET. 



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treated and driven upon the road needs no feeding 

 until night ; further, he is better not fed. If your 

 driving -at noon or near it offers an intermission, put 

 him in the stable, take off the harness and let him 

 stand an- hour. Then offer him water, and in an hour 

 again rub him off, harness, and drive on. 



Rule 2. We prefer oats as a basis. In winter a 

 little corn with it, perhaps, and sometimes a little 

 wheat bran. In winter corn and oats ground to- 

 gether — no rye — or a little flaxseed meal with oats is 

 excellent. Ground feed (corn, oats, and rye) makes 

 fat on the ribs especially, and produces less muscle 

 than oats. 



Rule 3. If you jog your horse six miles a day, he 

 does not need half the feed he will if you push him 

 hard forty or fifty miles, as I frequently do. I feed 

 eight quarts every day, ten if the trips are very 

 many, and twelve or sixteen if, the trips are many and 

 long. Finally, let him rest at night before you feed 

 him, at least one hour. And if he is very weary a 

 two-hours rest is better; then water and feed. I 

 prefer my night feed to exceed by a trifle that of the 

 morning. This regimen prevents all possibility of 

 foundering, and the horse has a better appetite. 



I. W. Horton, truckman for the agricultural imple- 

 ment house of R. H. Allen & Co., Water Street, 

 New York City, found a good deal of trouble, 

 delay, and loss, as do all truckmen, occasioned by 

 the noon feed. The teams would not only lose 

 an hour during the best part of the day, but, by 

 losing their places in the line during a rush at the 



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