FEEDING. 
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Pease are still more nutritive than beans; but should 
never be given unbruised, being difficult to grind by the 
horse, in consequence of their round form. They are fre¬ 
quently swallowed quite whole by the horse, and when an 
undue quantity has been given, the most injurious conse¬ 
quences have happened to the animals, especially if much 
water is given soon after being fed with them. Instances 
have occurred where the stomach has burst by the swelling 
of pease in the stomach. 
On the continent, barley is a common food of the horse. 
It contains more nourishment than oats; yet it does not 
seem so well adapted for the food of the horse as oats, ex 
cept where the animals are hard worked. It has been 
found that horses fed on barley are more liable to be affected 
with complaints of an inflammatory character, and likewise 
to mange and surfeit. In Britain, farmers have been known 
to feed their horses on unsound and unsaleable barley, 
which in many instances has produced serious maladies. In 
the form of mashes, barley is found to be advantageous, 
from its stimulating properties; but we certainly do not 
approve of it as a general food. 
Tares are valuable in their green state in the early part 
of summer, as they possess medicinal properties, as well as 
being very nutritive. In the event of horses having surfeit- 
lumps, green tares, to the extent of ten or twelve pounds 
daily, cut up and mixed with the chaff, will be found 
to remove them very quickly. 
It has been satisfactorily proved that tares have not the 
effect of producing a rough coat, although this opinion still 
exists with many persons. 
Carrots form an excellent food for the horse when mixed 
with the chaff in the proportion of half-a-bizshel a day, and 
excluding the oats and beans. With this quantity, or not 
