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beans, 3 pounds of corn and 15 pounds of chaffed 

 clover hay. 



The above rations are not especially recom- 

 mended, but are quoted as illustrations of the 

 ways in which feeding stuffs can be combined. 

 Each feeder should decide upon a ration which 

 makes the most economical use of the local feed 

 supply, taking care that it furnishes in reason- 

 able combination nutritive material sufficient for 

 the amount of work required. 



Treatment to Shed Winter Coat Off of Horse 

 in a Very Short Time. 



I have found that the best and most effective 

 plan to rid your horse of the winter coat in the 

 spring of the year, in a very short time, is to give 

 the animal, before supper, a half handful of 

 whole wheat, and the same for breakfast. The 

 following night give him one handful, and the 

 next morning the same. Continue thereafter in- 

 creasing the feed until you give him a pint for 

 breakfast and also for supper. In applying this 

 treatment you will remove the winter hair from 

 the horse in a very short time and thereby make 

 the spring and summer coating as soft and 

 smooth as velvet. 



Shoeing. 



It is customary with a large majority of the 

 horse-shoers throughout the country, in putting 

 a shoe on a horse's hoof having corns, to pad the 

 hoof in order to have the animal travel easier 

 and prevent limping. This is not at all necessary. 

 The best plan is to cut out or trim the corn as 

 much as possible and make the shoe hollow or in- 

 dent it at the place where the corn is, so that 



