Contents 
Balanced Ration . < : . . : ‘ 3 
Nutritive-ratio— Computing rations — Wolff-Lehman Method 
— Armsby’s method. 
Questions . F ; : ‘ - 3 z . . 3 
CHAPTER IV 
Frerpine teE Horse. . 
Food requirements for ore a Reoalantind in feagtnee Order 
of supplying food — Watering the horse — Salt — Individual 
rations. 
Feeding the Work Horse ‘ 
Amount to feed — Method of fede a Dot of a Migs 
Feeding mules — eae the brood mare. 
Feeding the Foal 
Food for the oun foal _— Faodhug grain — Weantine the 
foal — Sample rations for the horse. 
Questions 5 , : f : ‘ ‘ 7 ‘ 4 ‘ 
CHAPTER V 
CarE AND ManaGEMENT OF HorsEs . : F . 
Plan for improvement — Codperative ‘breading — Selecting 
breeding stock —'The breed and type— Uniformity — Sound- 
ness — Registration of farm animals. 
Grooming and Care . F 
Care of the horse’s teeth — Clipping =: meddiag ihe heres —_— 
Blankets— Stable blanket — Outdoor blanket — Care of the 
feet Growth of hoof —Shoeing — Treating sick horses — 
Feeding sick horses. 
Training the Colt . . 
Handling the colt — Training to “the ieee Treating is 
drive with lines — Training to the uses of the bit — Impor- 
tance of a good mouth — Bitting the colt—— Harnessing the 
colt — Hitching double — Hitching single. 
Harness and Harnessing . 
The bridle — The bit — The chadierdin. _— Fitting the alla 
— Breast harness — Fitting the back-strap and crupper— Fly 
nets — Caring for harness. 
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