The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1816-12-20

in the manner whichit is added to soups
or musb when thickened and if noi
| boiled with the hay or straw, which
" ouli be best poured on it and stirred
up, and given up at night, will, with
the AID of little hay in the day pre
serve any horse or cow in good ords,.
This mixtarc or mush, ought by all!
means to be boiled few minutes.
o herwisc but little good will be done.
! This is confirmed by the following
exI erimeni. repeatedly made in Eng
land. A man, confined TO given guam,
| tity of raw materials, with abunlance
OF water. would gradually decline m
| flesh but with the same quantity OF
raw ma,etials made into soup, would
contiuue in good condition. Fee union
OF the water with the TODD, by boiling.
| is like that in vegetatior,--it bccomes
component part, and is converted into
rourishment for the body, which il
would not DC if taken separately, or i.
| not che micaiiy united. Whether this
reasoning be convincing or not, mat
, tiers but little, Since those TO when: j,
lsnet satisfactory, may rely upon the
iac', tina; boiling thin meal, beior, "a.
ing ioit hay or straw. will make IL go
vice as lar. III the support of thel
| stock. Surely, for such AN advantage,
so easily obtained, every one ought t.
S8t over the natural Incidence and com
| non aversion 10 deyiatr from Cd ha-
/ Vits.
Another considerable saving, well
worth attention, M,! nc made, oy civ,
| s the animals all their meal { cd &C.
ore dusk, AID without hay curing the
| night by eating The ineaI luod al
| night, their stomachs convert the whole
Ut 1t into nourishment. That taken in
he day does very little good--more
frequently ijury than SooL--it ope-
rates on the stomach instead Of The
s!omach's operating Oh il; so that TO,
only noihrng is extracted rom 1t bu,
It cxcites pain, chOlics and other s.mp.
toms Of inflammation. / his can be
well understood, from the experiment
If al English physician +: He gave
given quantity Of the SAME food to two
similar dogs, keeping the one Guiet.
The other III constant motion, fof six
| hours, when both were killed. III.
/ stomach az the one at rest hal dices,eL
| III It's conIepi,--that of The other haa
not prUdGced any effect The IRE ourn.
"peuuop OF thls experiment., has end
ID In its undispu,Id cSiabiis hmen.
tience 1t is clear ha, tie grain gly.
j /" he cay to animals use IS Of no be
neht, as is rasses through the stomach
oelore rest enables the digestion 10
take place. Hence giving hay at nigh,
feSliy Injuries horses, by keeping Them
evoke aid moving. During the night,
eXeepuns with those animals nature
Nmade tor Substituting in the Ga K, IT ST and
sleep ave Indispensable and more or
'ssS' t'ey are injured by every degia
slon from nature.
The practice Of giving hay Mt nigh
TO horses, ! am sure was Introduce d
by tavern keepers ; and, il not kept
up by their Interests, would be aban
doned by every one who had sense
n'uEh 10 perceive The folly. III one ur
tW1 hours duilng the day, horses can
eat as much hsy as VIII do them good.
In confirmation OF this, l heard Of The
reatmcnt several travellers gave heir
1 800 al i'h' olSDNSb hulIllS tSui-
nsy of m my hgndr.d miles, they gave
their horses only grain at night, and hay
tor an hour in the day. During The
last thousand, miles they gained III
h@sh, Though travelling more cxpedi
IouSiiy uoder This regimen) that whics,
they lost III tie beginning, under The
customary treatment Of giving grain in
the day, with hay at pi8ht
ihe ldsi point have to press, is the
necessity OF keeping stock sheltered
that Is securing 10 Them be henefit Of
sheir own warmth. 1t is a truth, in
deed, that during their exposure to tho
irregularities OF the season, they re-
quire twice the ordinary food, tor their
nourIshment and stimulation, and arc
SUBJECT to ten times as many fatal dis
orders as otherwise they would be-
The master has taken them from q
state where nature supplied their wants
land 1T he be not too much of brute
70 feel for their hardships he ought to
be 80 much a man OF honor as 10 supply
what his interests dictate, as a reluital
10 the animal for ils loss OF what ma
tale designed for It's original.
Ii, by this plan of grinding and boil.
ing, the halt OF the grain be saved in
the Country, as most certainly it may
There UT, no l,,t int, r,