Obferve likewife, that Saddle-Horfes, gfc. qught J. 
not always to have Hay in their Racks, nor Corn in 3* 
t.ie Manger, but ought to be kept five, fix, feven, or 
tight hours without either, which will quicken their v 
Stomachs, create Hunger, and breed good Blood. 
Give not Cattle too much Meat at a time, fo they 
will eat what they have clean up, and their Stomachs <4 
a nd^ Palates remain in order ; for Fulnefs ftupifies 
their Senles, heats the Blood, thickens it, and makes 
them lazy, (hort-breath’d, and fubjeft to many other 
Piflafes. Confider with thi feJf, 0 Man ! and tell' pie 
"whether' thou doji not experience thi* to be true in thy Jelf. J 
VV hen your Korfe has been rid hard or work’d give .4 
him a little Water warm about- two hours before you 
give him Meat, but let him not drink to the full. Al- ij • 
fo rubbing down Horfes with a wifp of Straw when 
hot, is bette’r than walking* them. 
As for Horfes and Cows kept where Grains are part ji; 
of their Food, there ought to be feme Salt mix’d now 
and then among ’enl, which dries up moiff Humors, 
prevents windy and watery Humors, or the Rot, Salt , ! 
being of a warm and dry quality. '! 
Stables are pernicious to Mares' with foal; their 
Coks ought to run in the Fields with their Dams till i ■ 
1 they wean themfelve e , which will be near a Year fir ft. ■] 
Thefe Rules obferv’d, your Horfes will feldom want 
bleeding or drenching. 
Ho’rfes Food. 
Rick-Hay of 6or p months old, cut every day out V. ' - 
.ok the Rick, is better than that in Barns or Houfes ; 
and all Cattle will like it before others,efpecirllyJ>/‘cep, 
by reafbn it- has the benefit of the Air, which keeps it /, A 
fpiriiitous and living. Horfes Food is likewife Corn h 
til. the Straw ; ’cis much better than wbar is only 
threlhr, 'or both rhrefht and cleans’d ; for Corn when 
cleans’d is too hot for the B’oo hohfti lifts the paflage, >i 
and fo makes ’em (hort-winded. On the contrary, — ^ 
Peafe, Bat ley, Vetches, Beans, and Oats given in the j 
. Straw, are ftrong and hearty ; the Straw cleanfes the 1 
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