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bread daily to go around morning and night. Corn 
bread crumbled up into milk (at any stage — sweet to 
clabber) is the very best to be given a dog regularly, 
and from time to time a few large bones should be 
procured for the dogs to gnaw on ; meat is not 
necessary, and should even be withheld beyond a 
limited quantity. Some dogs eat ravenously and 
still look thin, as if starved, which is usually caused 
by being infested with worms, and should be at¬ 
tended to. Make it a rule to attend to feeding of 
the dogs in person, avoid all soured or putrid 
substances, give sufficent in quantity and quality 
without ever glutting them. If the dog is to be 
hunted during the day, he should not be fed more 
than his usual allowance at regular time in the 
morning; a glutted dog cannot and will not work 
satisfactorily. When a rest and lunch is taken after 
a hunt, the dog may receive a few bits also, to 
replenish his strength. Upon returning home in 
the evening and given time to rest, the dog should be 
liberally supplied with food, fitting him for hard 
work the following day. 
If a shooting trip of several days or more is 
contemplated, it will be best not to trust to luck in 
procuring dog feed during such an outing, but a 
sufficient supply should invariably be taken along 
instead, which (unless some of the patent dog bis¬ 
cuits are preferred) may best be done in a manner 
as follows: Secure scraps at your meat shop, or 
buy a chunk of cheapest beef; put this into a kettle 
