. The horse and his diseases;. inquickening the passage of its contents, when occasionally given;but it must not be a constant, or even frequent food. Bran orpollard often accumulates in the intestines, when given injudi-ciously, seriously impairing the digestive powers. Bran may,however, be useful as an occasional aperient in the form of amash, but never should become a regular article of food. Beans afford a striking illustration of the principle, that thenourishing or strengthening effects of the different articles of===--~zBji_ food depend more upon some peculiar pro-perty which they posse
. The horse and his diseases;. inquickening the passage of its contents, when occasionally given;but it must not be a constant, or even frequent food. Bran orpollard often accumulates in the intestines, when given injudi-ciously, seriously impairing the digestive powers. Bran may,however, be useful as an occasional aperient in the form of amash, but never should become a regular article of food. Beans afford a striking illustration of the principle, that thenourishing or strengthening effects of the different articles of===--~zBji_ food depend more upon some peculiar pro-perty which they possess, or upon somecombination which they form, thanupon the actualquantity of nutri-tive matter. Beansj contain but from--. -1 five hundred andtwenty to six hun-dred parts of nu-tritive matter; yetthey add materially to the vigor of the horse. There are manyhorses that will not stand hard work without beans beingmingled with their food; and there are horses, whose ten-dency to purge it may be necessary to restrain by the astrin-. THE AMERICAN RACER, BLACK MARIA. 148 pood. gency of the bean. There are few travelers who are not awareof the difference in the spirit and continuance of the horse,whether he is allowed or denied beans during the continuanceof the journey. They afford not merely a temporary stimulus,but they may be daily used without losing their power, or pro-ducing exhaustion. They are indispensable to the hard-workedcoach-horse. Weakly horses could never get through theirwork without them; and old horses would otherwise often sinkunder the task imposed upon them. They should not be givenwhole, or split, but crushed. This will make a material differ-ence in the quantity of nutriment which will be extracted. Theyare sometimes given to turf-horses, but only as an occasionalstimulant. Two pounds of beans may, with advantage, bemixed with the chaff of the agricultural horse, during the summer, the quantity of beans should be lessened, or theyshould be altogether
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