. Biggle horse book : a concise and practical treatise on the horse : adopted to the needs of farmers and others who have a kindly regard for this noble servitor of man. Horses. or fodder falls through the slats down into the feed- ing-trough. Then too the horse has to reach up, as if he were a giraffe—an entirely unnatural position for him. When feeding naturally he has his head to the ground. If the manger is divided into two parts, one for the grain and another for the hay, have the latter extend to within a foot of the ground and the bottom closed by slats six inches apart. The dust and di
. Biggle horse book : a concise and practical treatise on the horse : adopted to the needs of farmers and others who have a kindly regard for this noble servitor of man. Horses. or fodder falls through the slats down into the feed- ing-trough. Then too the horse has to reach up, as if he were a giraffe—an entirely unnatural position for him. When feeding naturally he has his head to the ground. If the manger is divided into two parts, one for the grain and another for the hay, have the latter extend to within a foot of the ground and the bottom closed by slats six inches apart. The dust and dirt will fall through and can be cleaned away, with the bedding, without trouble. If the hay is thrown down a chute into the entry, and then forked into the manger, never use any- thing but a fork with wooden prongs like that shown in the illustration. The illustration represents a sensible arrangement in the stall for feeding hay. It is thrown into the chute from the mow above, and the horse pulls it out at the bottom where there are iron bars. He will usually pull out only what he eats. Make the chute gradually larger at the bottom than at the top, so that the hay will not lodge in it. Given a good building, it must be so ven- tilated that while fresh air is kept abundant no drafts are. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Biggle, Jacob. Philadelphia : W. Atkinson
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