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Feed For Horses

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Parent Issue
Day
7
Month
April
Year
1871
Copyright
Public Domain
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A Taunton correspondent of the Ilearih and Home who claims to have had a large experience in the care of horses, reccoinmends their being fed as follows: "First fued tlicm with di-y feedif they are sound. A horse should moisten his food with the secretions from the glands ot' tlic mouth, whieh will be more abundant with dry than wot food. But if a horse has the ' heaves ' or is ' wind broke, ' he should on no account be fed with dry food. Oats form the most nutritious food for the horse. For keuping a hovse in a good ondition, the amount of food givcn should be determined by the person havHig charge of tho animal, basing his judgment on the size of the horse, also on the amount of labor performed. My regular feed is : Oats, three quarts ; cracked coni, one quart ia the" morning and at noon. At 6 p. il. three quarts shorts, which is a simple nourishment, and serves to keep the bowols regular and in a good condition. Of course the quantity should be Taried according to tho degroe of oxerciso taken by the horse. " As often as once a weck, a chango of food should be made ; one feed of cut hay and meal, or cut hay and shorts will do. Carrots given occasionally, will givo a fine, silky appearanco to the coat. Musty hay or oats should never be given. Let the food be the best of its kind ; it is in tbc end the cheapest. Feed your poultry on raw onion ehopped fine, mixed with othor food, about twice a week. It is better than a dozen cures for chicken cholera. Fowls exposed to dampness are upt to bc troubled with eatarrh, which will run to croup if not attended to. Red pepper mixed with soft feed, fod several times a week, will removo the cold. l'ulverizod eharcoal, givcn occasionally, is a prevontive of putrid affections, to which fowls are very subject. Sitting hens can be cured by putting water in a vessel to the depth of one inch, putting the hen into it, and covering the top of the vessel for two days. Tho vossel should be deep enpugh to allow the hen to stand. Pulverized chalk administered with softer feod will euro tho diarrhoea. This disorder is oaused by want of variety in food, or by too mueli Ereen food. Garlic fed once or twico a

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Michigan Argus