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woik. Bran. This is the envelope of wheat after grinding. 
!ke molasses, bran has very much deteriorated in quality dur- 
ing the last few years, owing to the great improvement in mill- 
ing machinery which leaves very little else except the bare outer 
s ’in of the wheat grain. Bran is generally given as a gentle 
axative and forms also an important article of sick diet, and the 
practice of administering it to horses weekly, is attended with 
good results. The proper way to make a bran mash is to 
poui boiling water over the bran, and let it remain covered up 
* en °ugh to eat. Linseed. Linseed is excellent for sick 
or e nutated horses. For animals out of condition it acts 
-sometimes in the most surprising manner and is well known to 
have a good effect on the coat and skin. For ordinary purposes 
Jib per diem mixed with other food will be found sufficient, 
in boiling linseed it should just be kept covered with water and 
boiled until it assumes a sticky mass ; it can then be mixed with 
the otlmr food. 1 lay. (Jood hay should be about one year old 
an o le well known palish greenish tint, hard and long, clean 
and tresh and possessing a well known aroma and sweet taste. 
' . gre . a * do S re ® of difference exists in the amount of proximate 
punciples contained in bay. This depends upon the growth, m 
Which perhaps the soil plays the chief part: it is a well known 
met that certain pastures (or the hay grown on them) are cele- 
f f or fattening properties whilst adjacent lands of the 
- orma ion produce grass or hay verv inferior in nutriti'® 
Riue. It is therefore advisable if possible to purchase bay that 
has come from off good pasture grounds. As regards the relative 
mef'lbwr t Pa J- 1 S '' aSH aud Cuinea grass I will leave it for th« 
oonti-i T 1 i° USS ' r * wo years ago I recommended that in 1 ,e 
Ci t -- SUPP ! y ° f gra '" i to Government animals, Guinea 
oniriiim ' i"’- UU u b !° no ' v ’ I see no reason to change ti» 
a few f ii 1U ln * ended 111 Gie first part of my lecture to exph' 1 " 
dealers to ^ ™ osfc ® Hram °h tricks of English' and Irish li<-» -s “ 
thoughts T ; m i 11 “ W, '° ng 11,1 ” 011 'he unwary, baton second 
so ne' b f the at:C ,‘, ed not t0 dl ' «<>. as I thought that if I did * 
they aL n?,r enC " mi « ht tr y to practice Those tricks of which 
that when vl 1 § noril,nt - Itl conclusion let me again remind y° ( 
-andalwavs^e bUJ I a T Sey ° U ' vanta11 voul- -senses abou V°-n 
let vou in VI T" lK 7, lhat a horse deal your best friend will 
other friends wduT' a . nd if he succeeds in doing so, y a |" 
fool for being let in ’' 1Slder he l!i <l aite right and that you are 
pointI b \i i r U dfM ,hi : t n f0,,0 ' Ved did nofc bring out many i 
Chairman The lJJi brU , n ° penpd * ^ the request of 
them many thin-s il i gentleman remarked, had broi 
y tlun Q s they did not know ; indeed, Mr, Pogson 
