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As to the quantity to be given, no definite rule can be laid 

 down. The horse must have a quantity fuUy sufficient to keep 

 him well up to his work. Hard working horses may, if reg- 

 ularly fed, have what grain and hay they wiU eat clean, and in 

 this case there is no better judge than the animal itself, except in 

 the case of ravenous gluttons, sometimes found among horses 

 as in the human family. Elaborate rules have been laid down 

 by theorists, including a per cent, of grain according to the 

 weight of the animal. In practice they will not work, since the 

 labor, condition of the animal, temperature of the season, and of 

 stables must be considered. In the large omnibus stebles where 

 all the work is to be got out of horses that they-xian endure, from' 

 ten to fourteen pounds of cut hay per day are given, with from 

 eighteen to twenty pounds of corn meal. Mix into provender, and 

 on it they will go from eighteen to twenty miles each day. With 

 this about three pounds of salt may be allowed each month, gome 

 stablemen do not feed more than one pound, arguing that a large 

 quantity produces profuse staling; others feed up to four. In 

 times of extra severe labor the cornmeal is increased by about 

 three pounds. It would be better if the three pounds of meal 

 were omitted and one extra feed of six quarts of whole oats be 

 substituted, and given daily. The average livery horse may be 

 kept in good condition on twelve pounds of hay and eight pounds 

 of cornmeal daily, to be given at two feeds with the addition of 

 six quarts of oats at noon, eight pounds of hay to be fed cut, 

 with the meal, and four pounds from the manger. This same 

 feed would do for ordinary farm horses at usual work, or if the 

 grain is fed whole, five quarts of shelled com, or its equivalent 

 in ears, and six quarts of oats, with what hay will be eaten 

 should keep the animal in working condition. 



VI. How to Prepare the Food. 



In preparing chopped feed, half the hay to be used, or clean, 

 bright, long straw cut into about three-quarters to one inch 

 lengths, should be put into the mixing trough half an hour before 

 it is to b"^ mixed, and thoroughly moistened. On this throw the 

 meal, mill-feed, or whatever article is to be used, and moisten it. 



