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Management of Farm-Horses. 
The objection to this mode of feeding arises from that which 
I have before pointed out, viz., that bran and beans do not 
supply the constituents of oats, which the horse requires. 
Another method of feeding adopted by another party is the 
following : — 
s. 
d. 
13 weeks on l| bushel of oats . 
4 
6 
1 peck of beans . 
1 
6 
1 cwt. of hay . . 
4 
0 
10 
0 
13 weeks on 2 bushels of oats . 
6 0 
I peck of beans 
1 
6 
1 cwt. of hay • • 
4 
0 
11 
6 
13 weeks on 1 bushel of oats . . 
3 0 
Clover, vetches, &c. 
5 
0 
8 
0 
13 weeks on 1 bushel of oats . 
3 
0 
Clover . 
4 
0 
7 
0 
This statement of feeding is preferable in its arrangement to 
that previously described, but is still insufficient in point of 
nourishment for horses in full work, and is calculated to keep 
them under par. The first statement of horse-feeding, though 
more expensive, yet considering the condition of the animals, 
and the amount of work accomplished, is in the end the most 
economical.* 
With regard to the medical treatment of horses, it should be 
borne in mind that " Prevention is better than a cure," and to 
use an old saying, " a stitch in time saves nine." To follow out 
these homely yet wise old proverbs, there is no better plan than 
to select a respectable and certificated veterinary surgeon, and 
pay him a moderate annual composition to attend and find medicines 
for all the horses- on the farm. There is no more dangerous plan 
than that very frequently pursued of employing the village farrier 
to attend slight illnesses, with the intention of calling in a veteri- 
nary surgeon in difficult and dangerous cases. It requires all 
* An excellent addition to this is to give every Saturday night a large 
bran-mash, in which an ounce, each, should be mixed of nitre and sulphur. 
Every sportsman knows the value of a warm mash to his hunter after a 
hard day's fox-chase ; and if given to a cart-horse after heavy road-work 
it will be found equally advantageous. — P\ Burke. 
