Care of Horses.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4431, 30 May 1893, Page 3

Care of Horses.

I All howes must not beefed jnvthp ' same proportionS|»w.ittiout;;regard'to their a»e, their constitutions,-and their work. The impropriety of such constantly done, and iß, ! the, : basis , of disease of every kind. Never bay on account of its cheapness, because there, js.no proper, nourishment in it, . ■;;' ; f-cf ; ;>:: Damaged corn is exceedingly injur; jous, because theroisno propernourish*7 ment in it. ..'". I Chaff is better for old horses than hay, because they canchew and digest it better. '.;'.;'--?' ! Mix chaff with corn or beans, and do not give tlie latter alone, because it makes .the ho'rso chew his foodraore and digest it better. Hay or grass alone will not support i horse under hard work because there ie not sufficient nutritive body in either. Wbon ahorse is worked hard its food should be mostly oats-if not worked bard its fosjtekiuld be chiefly _ bay—becaueo ' oaßßupply more '• nourishment. and fleshly. making material than any other kind of food ; bay not so much, For a saddle or coach horse half a peck of sound oats and eighteen pounds of hay are sufficient, if the hay is not good add a quart or a peck more oats, A horse which .works harder may have more of each; one that works little should havo less. Back feeding is wasteful. The ■\ better plan is to feed with chopped I bay from a manger, because the food is not then thrown about, and is more chewed and digested. , Sprinkle the bay with water that i' has Eftlt dissolved in it, becauße it ut iB pleasing to the animals taste and I mow easily digested, A. teaspoon--1 ful in a bucket of water, is suffift Vfent. ''.'.,

Oats should bo bruised for an old horse, but not for a young one, because the former through age and di'fcctivo teeth cannot chew them properly ; the young horse enndo so, and they aro thus properly mixed with the saliva and turned into wholojomo nutriment. London horse book.