. The Canadian farmer's manual of agriculture [microform] : the principles and practice of mixed husbandry as adapted to Canadian soils and climate : comprising: the field; produce of the farm; stock raising and management; manufactures of the farm; dairy; diseases of horses, cattle, sheep, pigs; farm buildings, modern machinery and implements : counsel to the immigrant-settler, Agriculture; Farms; Agriculture; Exploitations agricoles. â n. ill I . M! UP;: â I'i 396 The Canadian Farmer's " âThe Ninth Avenue Car Line of New York, owning nearly eight hundred horses, and the City C
. The Canadian farmer's manual of agriculture [microform] : the principles and practice of mixed husbandry as adapted to Canadian soils and climate : comprising: the field; produce of the farm; stock raising and management; manufactures of the farm; dairy; diseases of horses, cattle, sheep, pigs; farm buildings, modern machinery and implements : counsel to the immigrant-settler, Agriculture; Farms; Agriculture; Exploitations agricoles. â n. ill I . M! UP;: â I'i 396 The Canadian Farmer's " âThe Ninth Avenue Car Line of New York, owning nearly eight hundred horses, and the City Commissioners of Boston, never allow a whip to be used with any of their ; Food for Horses.âIf we would obtain full work from our horses, they must be well fed at all times. The best hay and provender produced on the farm should be retained for the use of v' king horses, for such are in the end most economical. However nutritious may be the food of horses, they must have bulk also ; for which reason, while we look to grain as a source from which to gather nitrogenous food, hay or straw has to be used to make up bulk. Long fasting is very injurious to a horse. This is owing to the peculiar characteristics of his constitution. The horse has a very small stomach, and requires to be kept at all times moderately full. " Little and often" is the safest rule of feeding for the horse. When allowed to go too long without food, the stomach becomes empt}^ the intestines more or less filled with gas or wind; and when, on reaching the stable, the animal is allowed to gorge him- self with food or water, the consequence is an unnatunl e i nsion of the walls of the stomach, confinement of air iv lIj intes- tines, incapability of , and the consequent formation of yet more gas in the internal organs, and the result is an attack of gripes or colic, or, perhaps, staggers. Oats are usually given whole, and in the case of young horses we think that the process of ma
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