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being too rich and concentrated. The proper way to feed them 
is to mix a suitable quantity of grain or meal with cut straw 
or cut hay, by which they will be obliged to live upon a diet 
which is at once both coarse and nourishing ; they should also 
have a supply of carrots or ruta bagas occasionally, in winter, 
or regularly in spring ; they will be eaten with avidity, which 
sufficiently testifies their beneficial effects. Horses should now 
and then have a supply of salt and ashes, and this is all the 
physic they require ; they should not be habitually blanketed, 
as it makes them too delicate. It is enough if it be done when 
they stand out in the cold, or after they have returned from 
a journey. It is needless to say that thorough grooming is a 
most essential element in the management of the horse. What 
has been said of the horse, will, if not too rigorously inter¬ 
preted, apply also to colts. 
Milch Cows.—Cows should receive more attention than 
the rest of the cattle, as they are expected to bring calves in 
spring, and to give milk in summer, and there is nothing that 
will prepare them to fulfill more effectively these offices than 
good wintering. To attain this object, they should be stabled, 
and their dung daily cleaned out, and their places littered plen¬ 
tifully with straw ; it is a sorry thing to see animals with frozen 
dirt hanging all around them, yet it may be seen too often.— 
Indeed, many persons appear to think, if their animals have 
good shelter, that food and cleanliness may almost be dispensed 
with ; and this may be the reason why stalled cattle often look 
worse than those that run loose in the yard. Cows should be 
fed with good tame hay, with a liberal allowance of roots, for 
the preservation of' which, a cellar presumed to have been built 
under the barn, would be a proper repository. As spring ap¬ 
proaches, they should have a little allowance of meal daily ; 
this will add to their strength as well as impart a glossy ap¬ 
pearance to their coats ; it is very necessary that they, as well 
as all other stock, should be fed and watered regularly. Should 
there be no brook near, a well might be dug in the yard, or a 
cistern built near the barn, for it is a cruel practice to drive 
