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Title: American horses and horse breeding : a complete history of the horse from the remotest period in his history to date. The horseman's encyclopedia and standard authority on horses, embracing breeds, families, breeding, training, shoeing, and general management. The modern and practical horse doctor on the cause, nature, symptoms, and treatment of diseases of all kinds
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Dimon, John
Subjects: Horses
Publisher: Hartford, Conn. : J. Dimon
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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acks the vital portions of a horse, is asource of much fatality among them, and annually shortens thelives of many good ones. Among the vast horde of horses that die every year thereare only a few that are really worn out. The most of them diefrom some cause or other, and these causes are what horsemenshould look after if they desire to have their animals live to agreen old age. It is generally easier and cheaper to preservehorses once procured than to obtain new ones. Aside fromaccidents, a sound horse should be as good at eighteen or twentyyears old as at any other age, yet we find but a few who,having lived to that time, are still able to do even a few da3^swork without great fatigue. Owners of horses should study the care of them in order toget the greatest amount of service out of them, if for no otherreason. Remember that with your horse, as with yourself,every time you do an imprudent thing you will have to paydearly for it. If the results of poor care and bad management ( 256)
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FEEDING AND STABLE MANAGEMENT. 257 of horses could be seen immediately there would, undoubtedly,be more thought given to the matter. A French investigator, by an elaborate test, found that oatswere especially good for horses. By an electrical apparatus hefound an excitable principle in oats which he called a nervine,and he discovered that crushed oats were more active and notas enduring as the whole grain, used as horse food. It is understood by the practical horseman that oats favormore speed and endurance in the horse than any other food.Experience has proved, beyond a doubt, that as a grain foodfor horses, few, if any, feeds are superior to oats. Manyfarmers and teamsters, however, by experimenting, havedecided that other grains may be cheaper and answer nearlyas well. As to the cheapness of feeding horses with grain, as far asthe cost of the grain itself is concerned, there is no doubt thatground grain mixed with cut hay, or hay and straw, is themost economical; but in this manner

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