. Feeds and feeding abridged : the essentials of the feeding, care, and management of farm animals, including poultry : adapted and condensed from Feeds and feeding (16th ed.). Feeds; Animal nutrition. FEEDING AND CARE OF HORSES 227 ters and be protected from drafts. Previous to 1836 the annual loss of horses in the French army was enormous. When the stables were enlarged and properly ventilated the loss was reduced to one-seventh the former figures. A cool, well-ventilated stable is far preferable to warm, close quarters. It is important to blanket the horse in cold weather whenever his work
. Feeds and feeding abridged : the essentials of the feeding, care, and management of farm animals, including poultry : adapted and condensed from Feeds and feeding (16th ed.). Feeds; Animal nutrition. FEEDING AND CARE OF HORSES 227 ters and be protected from drafts. Previous to 1836 the annual loss of horses in the French army was enormous. When the stables were enlarged and properly ventilated the loss was reduced to one-seventh the former figures. A cool, well-ventilated stable is far preferable to warm, close quarters. It is important to blanket the horse in cold weather whenever his work ceases and he is forced to stand in the cold for even a short time. Thoro and careful grooming is necessary to remove the solid matter left on the animal's coat when the perspiration evaporates, and to keep the pores open and the skin healthy. This should be done with a dull currycomb, a brush being used on the tender head and legs. The horse. Speed Decreases the Work that can be Performed A pound of additional load makes but little difference to a draft horse, but with the race horse the load must be made as light as possible. (From Western Horseman.) will rest much more comfortably after a hard day's work if groomed at night. Bedding the stall well is just as important. The good horseman always cares for the teeth of his charges and sees that no sharp points and ragged edges prevent proper chewing of the food. He also sees that the collar and harness fit well and that the horses' feet are properly shod. He makes any change in the ration gradually, for a sudden change may bring on colic. In starting the day's work he gradually warms the horse to his work, so that his collar will be shaped to his shoulders, his muscles in proper trim, his bowels relieved, and breathing and heart action quickened before he is put to extreme effort. At the end of a trip or the day's work he likewise cools his horse off gradually before returning to the stable. The work horse.—The regularity of
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