a liglit saddle-cloth with him to throw over the horse before leading him away. It is not, of course, necessary, but it will be found a good plan, after district or cross-country work, to put on bandages for the first hour after the horse comes in. The sycc should have orders first to loosen the girths, then to bandage the legs, then remove the saddle and set to work at once, first with a wisp, then with a pad or cloth, and finally with hand and arm-rubbing. Remarks have been made on the omission of a curry-comb in the list of implements for the stfce. This is no oversight. A curry-comb is an abomination, and quite unnecessary. Except under unusual circumstances, there will always be two men at leisure to attend to one horse ; and as freedom from chill and its many consequent evils depends in a great measure on quickness of grooming after work, it should be a recognised rule in the stable that the grass-cutters are not on one particular horse, but on all. As soon as the horse is groomed, he should be watered and given a small supply of grass. Meanwhile the horses which have not been out will have been exercised, and when all have been looked after and watered, the whole stable should get the mid-day meal of corn. At three the horses may again be watered, at four they get the next feed of corn and should be thoroughly well groomed, so as to be ready for the evening exercise. On their return from this, they should get their last feed and be made up for the night. With regard to the times of feeding, people will, of course, consult their own convenience ; but it should never he less than three times a day : the gram should be given dry or merely sprinkled with water, and should be mixed with, at least, an equal quantity of chaff or chopped hay, to ensure thorough mastication and digestion. The horses should invariably be given water not less than half-an-hour before, and vever immediately after-, his gram. It is a mistake to feed horses out of their stalls. In regard to the food, variety is a thing to be looked to, and horses kept from year’s end to year’s end on nothing but gram ai-e seldom in such good health as those whose food is judiciously changed. Almost every grain may be given, mixed with either bruised barley, gram, or oats. A small corn- crusher will be found both economical and convenient where many horses are kept ; you are then certain of getting the Housekeeper and Cook 91 food unadulterated, and the horses prefer freshly-crushed grain. Each grass-cutter in turn grinds the corn for the day, and, roughly speaking, it takes five minutes to crush one horse’s rations. The quantity of food must vary immensely with the work given, but it may be remarked that, considering the small amount of Avork horses do in India, they generally get too much corn. The recognised scale of forage for the largest carriage horses in full Avork in England is per diem — Hay Corn Chaff Bran 12 lbs. 12 lbs. 2 gallon measures. 2 quart measures. For ponies of 14 hands in full Avork the English allowance is — Hay Oats Chaflf Bran 10 lbs. 8 lbs. 2 gallon measures. 2 quart measures.

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a light saddle-cloth with him to throw over the horse before leading him away. It is not, of course, necessary, but it will be found a good plan, after district or cross-country work, to put on bandages for the first hour after the horse comes in. The sycc should have orders first to loosen the girths, then to bandage the legs, then remove the saddle and set to work at once, first with a wisp, then with a pad or cloth, and finally with hand and arm-rubbing. Remarks have been made on the omission of a curry-comb in the list of implements for the syce. This is no oversight. A curry-comb is an abomination, and quite unnecessary. Except under unusual circumstances, there will always be two men at leisure to attend to one horse ; and as freedom from chill and its many consequent evils depends in a great measure on quickness of grooming after work, it should be a recognised rule in the stable that the grass-cutters are not on one particular horse, but on all. As soon as the horse is groomed, he should be watered and given a small supply of grass. Meanwhile the horses which have not been out will have been exercised, and when all have been looked after and watered, the whole stable should get the mid-day meal of corn. At three the horses may again be watered, at four they get the next feed of corn and should be thoroughly well groomed, so as to be ready for the evening exercise. On their return from this, they should get their last feed and be made up for the night. With regard to the times of feeding, people will, of course, consult their own convenience ; but it should never he less than three times a day : the gram should be given dry or merely sprinkled with water, and should be mixed with, at least, an equal quantity of chaff or chopped hay, to ensure thorough mastication and digestion. The horses should invariably be given water not less than half-an-hour before, and never immediately after, his gram. It is a mistake to feed horses out of their stalls. In regard to the food, variety is a thing to be looked to, and horses kept from year’s end to year’s end on nothing but gram are seldom in such good health as those whose food is judiciously changed. Almost every grain may be given, mixed with either bruised barley, gram, or oats. A small corncrusher will be found both economical and convenient where many horses are kept ; you are then certain of getting the Housekeeper and Cook 91 food unadulterated, and the horses prefer freshly-crushed grain. Each grass-cutter in turn grinds the corn for the day, and, roughly speaking, it takes five minutes to crush one horse’s rations. The quantity of food must vary immensely with the work given, but it may be remarked that, considering the small amount of work horses do in India, they generally get too much corn. The recognised scale of forage for the largest carriage horses in full Avork in England is per diem — Hay Corn Chaff Bran 12 lbs. 12 lbs. 2 gallon measures. 2 quart measures. For ponies of 14 hands in full Avork the English allowance is — Hay Oats Chaflf Bran 10 lbs. 8 lbs. 2 gallon measures. 2 quart measures.

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