CnAVTER X. 



now TO FEED A HOKSE. 



TCKSBQUEyOEg OP IMPllOPEB FEEDIXa— DIFFERENT FOOD FOR DIFFSM.Sl 

 CONDITIONS— FOOD FOR THE BROOD-MARE— FOR THE FOAL— FOR WOSKIKfl 

 HOKHES— GEBEN FOOD— CAEROTS—COEN— FEEDING HORSES IN TRADJINe— 

 TVIJII.E TRAVELLING — SDMMERIXS HORSES: THE BEST METHOD— MANAGE- 

 MKNT OP OMNIBUS HORSES IN NEW YORK. 



To those who are really acquainted with the horse and ac- 

 customed to his use, it is well known that, at the least, one-half 

 of his availability for work, of his fitness for its perform- 

 ance, of his endurance through a period of years, his health, 

 his beauty and his value, depends on tlie quality and 

 quantity of his food and the manner of his feeding. At 

 least one-half of the diseases to which he is liable are di- 

 rectly ascribable to bad food, or good food badly adminis- 

 tered ; to insufficient food or to over-feeding ; to want of 

 judgment in feeding when no food should be given, or in 

 giving what would be the b^'st at one time, at another 

 time when it is the worst. Bad stabling, bad grooming 

 and bad clothing are nearly as bad in their results ; but it 

 may be safely said that the bane of most horses and the 

 shame of most stables, is bad feeding; and that, too, when 

 no expense is spared by the owner in providing for the 

 best and where nothing is wanting but a clear understand- 

 ing of what ought to be done and what left undone, in the 

 way of feeding, joined to a system by which the groom, 

 or whosoever has the duty of attending the animal to per- 

 form, shall be compelled or induced implicitly to obey 

 orders, if he break owners. 



The system of feeding horses is diverse and complex ; 

 it cannot be presi^nled once for all, or laid down on a set 

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