The horse and other live stock . ts 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 aflTord a striking illustration of the principle, that thenourishing or strengthening effects of the different articles offood depend more upon some peculiar pro-jperty which they possess, or upon somecombination which the
The horse and other live stock . ts 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 aflTord a striking illustration of the principle, that thenourishing or strengthening effects of the different articles offood depend more upon some peculiar pro-jperty which they possess, or upon somecombination which they form, thanupon the nctualquantity of nutri-tive matter. Beans_ contain but fromfive hundred andtwenty to six hun-dred parts of nu- THE AMEKICAN BACER, BLACE MARIA. , •,. , , 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-. 148 FOOD. gency of the bean. Th«re 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 discontinued. Beans are genera
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