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innutritious diet, of which straw as met with in England 

 would be typical. 



The following table presents an analysis of the various 

 straws : 



THE GEAINS. 



These represent what is known as concentrated food, 

 namely a large amount of nutriment within a small bulk. 

 They are derived from two principal Natural Orders, viz. 

 Gramina and Leguminosm. They are not the natural food 

 of herbivora, but experience shows they are necessary, 

 and quite harmless when given under definite conditions. 

 In fact, without them it would be impossible to obtain 

 from horses the amount of muscular energy they are 

 capable of yielding. 



The grains are not all of the same feeding value. There 

 are some like wheat which are avoided, certainly for horses, 

 owing to their liability to disagree excepting in small 

 quantities : further, as a rule it is far too expensive to feed 

 upon. Oats, maize, and barley are found to be grains 

 which perfectly agree with the herbivora, especially when 

 care is taken to bring animals on to them by degrees, when 

 used for the first time. 



Oats are by far the most valuable of the grains, and the 

 one most commonly employed, though experience shows 

 that economical feeding is best brought about by a mixture 

 rather than by an individual grain. 



From the leguminous group are derived grains containing 



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