Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-09-14
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TREATMENT OF HORSES.
By an old Officer ofthe French Carnlry.

By an old Officer Of the French Cdcalry.
II is essential to regulate The food ofhe Horse
The manner of uour shing the horse is neces-
sariIy important for his preservation, pariicu-
larry as grea' quantity OF food as well as TOO
little is equally injurious, aud produces in him
nearly the same diseases. There is no state
more contrary TO the health OF the horse than
obesity (extreme fatness He should be kept
in medium state, avoiding each extreme. II
may even he said that he is by nature rather
lean than fat, At least il is thus that the most
famous horses we know appoar-the Arabian,
the English, and the Spanish horse, have ali
the muscles apparent on the exterior, and are
little burdened with flesh II is a remark as SIN
glara as true that horses OF Iai are subj to the
same diseases as those too lean-thus the two
extremes meet : the scabs, the farcy, and the
ganders, attack more particularly those that
are fat besides the least exercise fa,igues them,
they become short winded, and are exposed to
nfiammatory diseases, such as the founders,
la courbalurc," Ia graisse Jondue," &C.
Causes Of Ltnuness.
Lcanness in horses comes from he poorness
and dcpravi'y of the juices. Hence results
"psorick' disease s, such as the scsb, iarcy, wa
ter in The legs. &c.
II i, necessary to remark, that animals that
ing with the same facility: aud il is astonsh-
ing to see a horse that appeared perfecI Rosi-
mantle pr, in the best order, in the space of .
month, by the happy effects Of aproper fegl-
men.
The allowance to be given the horse should
be proportiOned to his size and the kind of ex-
ercise he undergoes. Regard should be had 10
the temperament, the climate, and the particu
lar state of animal
The thing most abused in the food of horses
is hay--it is desirable that much less should he
used. There are many horses that would be
well nourished by straw and oats. Hay is good
food, bui should be given IN small quantities.
and mixed with straw. Tea pounds of hay, II
or Is pounds of straw and half a bushel Of oats,
should suffice for common horse, particularly
il he does noi work the ration can be aug
mented until he is relieved from hard work, be-
cause the food should be in proportion to his
wear and tear.
The allowance should be divided into several
parts with an interval of several hours between
giving each. The digestion should be complete
before he is fed again for when other food IS
received before that first in the stomach is di-
gested, oppression follows, an III digestion
which almost always requires the horse to be
purged.
Intervals beiween Feeding.
The habit ofregutaing the hour of feeding is
| n good one, but should not be followed rigo
rously, because circums tances may make II
NECESSARY TO depart from il when the horse WI
| suffer Inconvenience Horses should drink
| twice day la winter and three times in sum
mer. There is commonly left too great an In
| 'ervsl in " inter bv watering in the morning
! and AT IL O'Clock for then there is a space o
about Is hon,s from the afternoon TO the mex
morning. 1t is better 10 water ia the morning