The horse : his breeding, care, and treatment in health and disease . of hay,he tends to sag down in the belly and lose flesh over theback ribs so that his appearance will be injured, but byfeeding him plenty of bran with a small quantity ofoats and the usual quantity of hay he will still retainthe rounded, well-filled-up shape which is produced byliberal feeding of grain. After a long days work in hot weather, nothing is sorefreshing to a horse as a bran mash, given luke-warm,although, of course, if a horse is to be used hard on thefollowing day the bran mash should not be given onaccount of
The horse : his breeding, care, and treatment in health and disease . of hay,he tends to sag down in the belly and lose flesh over theback ribs so that his appearance will be injured, but byfeeding him plenty of bran with a small quantity ofoats and the usual quantity of hay he will still retainthe rounded, well-filled-up shape which is produced byliberal feeding of grain. After a long days work in hot weather, nothing is sorefreshing to a horse as a bran mash, given luke-warm,although, of course, if a horse is to be used hard on thefollowing day the bran mash should not be given onaccount of its laxative effect. So in cold weather, orafter a long day in a cold rain storm, a hot bran mashmade, say, half of oats and half of bran with the addi-tion of a tablespoonful of ginger or of brown sugar, orboth, will be relished Immensely by the horse and willbe good for him. If he has been chilled, or greatlyfatigued, an ounce of gin may be added to the branmash. Bran can also be fed to advantage dry and mixedwith oats or corn. In fact, the proper winter feed for. >—c u ^ -o o < fq GRAIN AND VEGETABLES 43 horses doing little work, and for brood mares and colts,is a mixture of dry bran and oats or dry bran and corn,preferably the oats and bran once or twice a day — if thehorse is fed three times — and the corn and bran oncea day at night. A mixture of oats, corn and branground up together will do as well. Horses thus fedwill also, as a rule, require a bran mash once a weekin place of the night feed of oats and bran, or cornand bran. Bran, or some other laxative food. Is absolutelynecessary to prevent constipation in horses changedabruptly from pasture to stable, and from grass tohay. Bran is especially good for pregnant mares and alsofor colts, because it is a good bone producer. Branis much better than what is known as middlings — bran,which is the outer coat of a kernel of wheat, having amore laxative effect. It should have a sweet smell,should be In large flak
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