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~100; for lhe fimplicilY of a ho&', diet, "hieh ehitAy
coofills of r.r.,in ~nJ Ileruage, wl.len good in kind, anu
~i(pen(eJ \Vilh juJgnlent, (.cures hilO from lhof. compli·
wed difordcrs, whidl are the gen.ral (ffdls uf imenlpe·
..nce in lhe human body.
In France, C.rman)', and Denmlrk , horfes are felJom
pur~ed; lhere lhoy depend much on aheralives; lhe ufe
of lhe liver of antimony, we have from lhe Frcnch, \IIhieh
is in general a good medicine for that purpofe, and may,
in many cafes, bc fubOiluled in lhe room of purging.
As hay is fo material 3n miele in a horró diet, greal
care Ihould be l,ken to procure the beO: \Vhen it is nOl
txtraordin3ry, the dufl Ihould be \IIell OlOok out uefore
it is put in the rack; for [ueh hay is .ery apt to breed
termino
Beans all'ord the flrongefl nourilhment of all grain, but
are finefl for laborious horfes; except on particular oc·
e.fion,. In fome [eafons they breed a kind of .ermin
called the red bugs, which is lbought to be dangerous ;
Ihe beO method in fueh a cafe, is to procure tIl.m weJl
dried and fplit.
Bran fealded is a kind of panada to a fiek horfe; bat
Dothing is worfe Ihao a too freque"t ufe of it. eilher dry
er fCilJed; for il re);¡xes and weakens the bowels lOO
mueh. Tbe bOl! in yoang horfes miy be o\lling to too
mueh muay brin and chafl', given with other foul fced
10 make lhem up for [ale: particular care therefore Ihould
be 111."(n that the bran be al\llays fwm and new.
Qm, ..,,11 ripened, make a more heartyand durable
diet than uarley, and are much better fuited to the con·
flitations of Brililh horfes. A proper quantilY of cut
flraw and hay mixed wilh them, is fome limes very ufe·
{ul te horf~ lroubled with bolS, indigeaion, (:;e.
Horfes \IIho eal their litter, Ihould particularly
cut ara\ll and pO\lldeted chalk given themwith their {red;
al it in fign of a depraved l!omich, which. W30tS coma·
iGg.
The f~h'mar!hu are good paflurefo. borfes who have
becn furfeited, and indeed for many other diforders;
Ihey purge more by dung and urine than any other pa·
/l~re, and make aflerwards a firmer flelh: their water is
{or the mon pan brackilh, and of courfe, as well as the
Ibe grifs, faturated with fahs from the fea·water.
A(ummer's grafs is o(ten neceffary; more particularly
to horres gluned Wilh food, aod which ufe linleexecife 1
but amonth or tIVO'S runniDg is proper {ormofl: thoCe eJ
fpecially who have been worked hard, and have niff limbt,
{wdled legs, or wind·galls. Horf.s whofe {w have
b.een impaired by quittm, bad Ihoeiog, or aoy other ao–
cldentl, are aJfo uell rrpaired at erafs. Thofe lamo·
ndT(s p~rticul~r1y require turoing out to g"fs, where
the mufcles or lendons are eOAtra{led or, OlrUDII>; for by
Ibe continual gentle excercife in the fitld, with the af·
finance o{ a panin Oloe on the oppoGte foot, the Ihorten·
ed'limb i. kept on the Oreteh, the \Vafled pam are re·
notod to lheir ufual dimenGoos, aod the limb again r~·
covm il!.u(ual tone and flrength .
The 6elds which lie ne.. crear lowns, and are much
du~ged, are not proper panure for horfes>; bUl on obrero
"aUan appear very 10 thero, if they feed tbJ:re·
lhe fummer.
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f10rfes m.y b~ hPl abroad .11 the year, ",here tbey
a proper n.lble or Ihed, to Oleller lhem from the
weather, and hayal .11 limes to come too So treated,
they are feldoOl fiek, rheir limbs are alwa)'s clean aod
dry; and, with the allowance of corn, will hunt, and de
more bufioefs than horres kepl connantly within doors.
If ho.rfes, ~hcn taken from grafs, Ihollld grow hot
and cofllve, nux bran and chopt hay wilh their COro'
and give them fome times a feed' of fcalded bran for ~
fonnighl, or longer : let their exercife and diet be mode.
nte for fome time, and increafe both by degrees .
When horfes are foilcd in the nable, me Ihould be
takenthat the herbage is young, tender, and full o{ fap'
whether it be green barley, tares, c1over, or any thing
elfe the feafon produces, aod that it be cut {relh once
every day at leafl, if not oftener.
. When horfes lofe their flelh much in foiliog, they lhoulCi.
In time be taken to a more folid diet; for it is not ia
foiling as in grazing ; where, though a horfe lofes his
flelh at 6r(l, yet, afler the grafs has purged bim, he fooa.
gro\llS fato
Young horfc~ who have not done growing, muObe in.
dulged more in their feeding, than thofe come to their
maturilY; blU ir tneir e"ercife is fo linle, as to make il
necerrary to abridge their allo\llance of hay, a liltle frelh
flraw Ihould conaantly be put in their racks, to preven!
thdr nib~ling the manger, and torning cribbiters' tlley
Ihould alfo fometimes be flrapped bacl io order t¿ cure
tberll of this babi!.
It is ob.ious to every one, what care fhould be ¡¡ken
of a horfe after violeot exercife, that he cools not too
and drioks no cold water, &,c; for wbich reafoo we
Ihall wave particular direétioos,
MoO horfes fed for fale, have the interniees of their
mufde, fo filled Wilh {at, lhat lheir true Ihapes are hard.
Iy known. For wh:ch reafon; a horfe jua come OUt of
tbe dealer's h.ods, (hould at firfl be geOllx ufed. He
ought tnlofe blood, and have hisdiellowmd, though nOI
too mueh: walking exerei(e is,mofl proper at 6ra, t\110
hours io a day; in a weck or fortoight t\Vo hour! at a
time, twiee a.day; after thi, for a month blced
him again, aod give him two or three times .·",eek fcaldea
bran, \Vhich will prepare him for purging pbyfic, rhat may
!lOIY be given I.fcly, and repeated at (he ufual inler.als.
When a horfe come, out of adealer's hands, his e1oatb.
iog mun be abated by d~grees, and care taktn to pUt biJII
iA a Dloderatcly \IIarm n.hle; olher'Nife the fudden tran.
fition would be attended with the \IIorn eonfequcnces.
S.omeCmuo/ [Jj"flionl in Ngord lO Bleeding, Purging;
Ce.
Horfes who fhnd Dll1eh in nable, and are full feJ, re–
quire bleeding now and then, efpeci.lly when their eyes
look hea'y, dull, red, and.inBamcd; as .Ifo, wben Ibey
feel houer than urual, and m~ngle tllór hay.
YoÜne.horfes Ihould be bled when they are Ihedding
their twh, as il lakes off lhofe feJerirh bem «hey are
thcn fubjea to. HUI the caf,s lhat cbirAy requir~ bleed–
ing are colds, f.,crs of mon kmds, f~lIs, bruifes, hUrII
of the eyes, IIrains, and .11 infl~mmator1 di[ordm, cre.
Jt is righl tO blccd a horfe, wbea he begins to grow
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