Horses : their feed and their feet, a manual of horse hygiene invaluable for the veteran or novice pointing out the true source of "malaria," "disease waves," influenza, glanders, "pink-eye," etc., and how to prevent and counteract them . t, even serious disorder.] Now a few comments. Rule i. Feed your horsein the morning all the grain he will eat clean; that is,the ration that he will finish with a keen relish, dayafter day,—not what he might be inclined to swallow,say, to-day, but which would make him logy for thenext six hours, or cloy him and prevent a sharp ap-petite for the next meal. Wh
Horses : their feed and their feet, a manual of horse hygiene invaluable for the veteran or novice pointing out the true source of "malaria," "disease waves," influenza, glanders, "pink-eye," etc., and how to prevent and counteract them . t, even serious disorder.] Now a few comments. Rule i. Feed your horsein the morning all the grain he will eat clean; that is,the ration that he will finish with a keen relish, dayafter day,—not what he might be inclined to swallow,say, to-day, but which would make him logy for thenext six hours, or cloy him and prevent a sharp ap-petite for the next meal. When he has eaten it, offerhim a little hay; my rule is, as much as you can packtwice in a water-bucket. Too much hay bloats a horseand makes his wind short, and may produce your hay be clean; shake out the dust and pickout the large weeds. After he has finished his hayhe may be groomed and watered, and two hours afterhe has had his grain he is ready for the road. Hisfood has been at least partially digested, and passedto credit of the blood, and thence to the muscularand nervous system; and instead of a load of crudesubstances to carry, he feels an invigoration of freshvitality supplied to his system. Now, the horse so. Miss Woodford; three years; by Billet. ReducedJrom the Sportsman. THEIR FEED AND THEIR FEET. Z^ treated and driven upon the road needs no feedinguntil night; further, he is better not fed. If yourdriving at noon or near it offers an intermission, puthim in the stable, take off the harness and let himstand an hour. Then offer him water, and in an houragain rub him off, harness, and drive on. Rule 2. We prefer oats as a basis. In winter alittle corn with it, perhaps, and sometimes a littlewheat bran. In winter corn and oats ground to-gether—no rye—or a little flaxseed meal with oats isexcellent. Ground feed (corn, oats, and xy€) makesfat on the ribs especially, and produces less musclethan oats. Rule 3. If you jog your horse six miles a day, hedo
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