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should they be taken out to lead or show; moving 

 them even 100 yards when they are on this heavy 

 feed is apt to induce azoturia. 



"First and foremost, one must see to it that the 

 horses are allowed plenty of salt, all the good fresh 

 water they can possibly use, and an abundance of 

 good hay. I always water my horses before feed- 

 ing. They should never be watered immediately 

 after being fed. Our experience has been that the 

 water has a tendency to carry the feed through 

 before it is thoroughly digested. 



"I prefer to feed five times a day, beginning at 

 6 'clock in the morning, feeding again at 10 o 'clock, 

 2 o'clock, 6 o'clock, and 9 o'clock at night. They 

 should be fed at the same time every day. I con- 

 sider regularity in the feeding of the geldings al- 

 most as important as any other one thing. If they 

 are fed promptly, they will not fret and will do much 

 better than if any irregularity in their hours of 

 feeding is allowed. 



"I like to keep salt before my geldings at all 

 times, to give them all the fresh water they can use, 

 and to feed all the hay that they will clean up. I 

 make it a rule to allow them all the grain that they 

 will clean up within 25 or 30 minutes. One should 

 not feed horses so much as to cause them to be 

 indifferent to the feed when it is placed before them 

 the next time. On the other hand, I aim to feed 

 just up to the limit, so that the horse is always 

 anxious for his feed at the next feeding period and 

 yet is receiving about all that he will clean up. I 

 prefer to feed ear corn, and with this I give bran 

 and oats, preferably crushed oats and dry bran. 

 I feed this in about equal proportions by measure. 

 I have, however, had good results by feeding corn 

 and oats in equal parts, and then giving the horse 



