. Biggle horse book. Horses. N <Vi plug and fastened to the top of the trough, the plug will not be lost, and one will not have sometimes to reach into cold w^ater to pull out the plug. It pays to have plenty of good troughs about the farm. The horse that eats his grain too hastily is sure, sooner or later, to become a dyspeptic. Bolted food cannot be assim- ilated, and hence is worse than wasted, as it deranges and poisons the digestive organs. Some horses, whose stomachs are already out of order more or less, from the vice of too eager eating, will plunge their noses into the oats nearly
. Biggle horse book. Horses. N <Vi plug and fastened to the top of the trough, the plug will not be lost, and one will not have sometimes to reach into cold w^ater to pull out the plug. It pays to have plenty of good troughs about the farm. The horse that eats his grain too hastily is sure, sooner or later, to become a dyspeptic. Bolted food cannot be assim- ilated, and hence is worse than wasted, as it deranges and poisons the digestive organs. Some horses, whose stomachs are already out of order more or less, from the vice of too eager eating, will plunge their noses into the oats nearly to the eyes, fill their mouths and fairly crowd the food down their own throats. To prevent disease is always better than endeavors to cure it. Realizing this truth many a horse owner has tried in various ways to force a slow consump- tion of food in his stables. Some spread the oats in the bottom of a large manger; others keep a peck of small stones there, from between which tlie horse is com- pelled to pick his food. Good horsemen of New York state have widely adopted the slow delivery chute. It is built into the manger, as the cut shows, and reaches to within half an inch of its bottom. A metal manger should be used, or a wooden one lined with tin or iron, as a greedy horse will destroy it by gnawing because dissatisfied with rational eating. Colts brought up at such man^^ers will rarely become gourmands afterwards, and are doubly valuable because so seldom out of condition, with resultant colic, etc. It is a waste of time and increase of trouble to go into the loft whenever the horses are to be fed. It is convenient and economical to cut a week's supply of hay at one time, say durincr a shower or when a change of work is desired. FEEDING AND WATERING. 39. The hay is not throw^n down haphazard to create a dust all through the bam and set the horses coughing, but is cut into a chute, made dust tight with putty. This is located under the stairs in one corner out of the way, an
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