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ARTICLES USED AS FOOD FOR THE HORSE. 
We make another extract from Professor Stewart’s Stable 
OEconomy,” a work that will ere long be in the hands of every 
veterinary surgeon and horseman. It affords a fair sample of the 
general knowledge, and that of a very interesting kind, which 
may be obtained from this summary of horse management. The 
author had been describing the different kinds of green and dry 
herbage used in our own and foreign countries. His distinction 
between good and bad, and old and new hay—his account of 
heated and musty, and weather-beaten and salted hay, is exceed- 
ingly valuable, as is his computation of the proper quantity al¬ 
lowed to each horse, differing according to its quality, and the 
proportion of other substances allowed, and also the description 
and work of the horse. He states, very impartially, the relative 
value of potatoes and turnips, carrots and mangel wurzel, and 
that differing according to various circumstances; then, having 
compared the quantity and kind of nutriment afforded by wheat, 
barley, and oats, and given a very full account of the varieties 
and qualities, and good or bad effects of the last of these sub¬ 
stances, he proceeds to speak of other articles of food, not so 
much known or constantly used in our country. 
Buck-wheat, or Brank, is hardly known in this country. It 
is used on the continent, and the horses are said to thrive on it. 
Young says, that a bushel goes farther than two of oats, and that, 
mixed with at least four tnnes as much bran, one bushel will 
be full-feed for any horse for a week. The author of the “ Far¬ 
mer’s Calendar” thinks that he has seen it produce a stupifying 
effect; and Bracy Clark says it appeared to him to be very lax¬ 
ative. In Holland, and many parts of Germany and Norway, it 
is made into a black bread, with which the horses are fed. 
Maiz E, or Indian-corn, is much used as a horse-corn in 
America, and in various parts of Europe. Cobbett recommended 
its introduction; and, among its other uses, spoke of horse¬ 
feeding. I do not know that it lias been tried sufficiently to 
determine whether it might be used with advantage during a 
scarcity of other corn. Probably it ought to be boiled and mixed 
with chaff: but horses eat it greedily when raw. Bracy Clark 
says it is apt to clog the stomach, and affect the feet in such a 
singular way that the hoofs frecpiently fall off when the horse is 
on a journey. He alludes to founder; but seems ignorant that 
any kind of corn, when impro[)Crly given, will produce the same 
elfect. Perhaps maize does it more readily. 
Rye is very generally employed as horse-corn in North America. 
