Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1841-01-26
AGgECUGTUEsAL.


.r-As tho question of tho value Of the
cabin f.'.r.r. Waen ground with the com, is
SCALA coming iatJ considerations. perhaps the
following extract from Stewards stable T.
\ can5rv miLa' go far 20 decide II, in the
minds especially OF those who know that the
cob IS equal m quantity 10 the corn--the only
4 consideration which IS necessary IN the pres
ont stage Of the questions on some future oc-
cssion, u may be shown that the cob itself is
fully equal N quality 10 the same quantity Of
oats for the same purpose.
condensed food Is necessary for fast work
inq horses; their food must be IN less com
pass than that Of the farm or cart horse, bat
10 this condensation there are limits Grain
affords all, anl more than all, the nutriment
horse IS capable OF consuming, even under
the most extraordinary exertion; his stomach
and bowels can hold more than they are able
To digest, something more than nutrlment is
therefore wanted, for the bowels must suffer
q moderate degree Of disieulisn, more than a
wholesome allowance Of grain can produce !;
they are very capacous IN the dead subject
more than thirty gallonslof water can be put
\ in them: aud II Is thence evident they were
no, intended for food in very condensed
h form, FOR It seems that they require a mode
nle degree OF pressure or dllaton 10 assist
4 her functions, they must have something 10
e., uu0l Now, when hay Is dear and grain
cheap, 1t ~ customary IN many stables TO give
less than the usual allowance OF hay and corn
- BOT the alteration IS carried too far,and is often
a made too suddenly the horses may have what
# u.y Will eat vet it does not suffice without
~ fodder, and, having no hay, they will leave
he grain to eat the litter; a craving sensation
ofempiincss seems to arise, and the horse en-
desyors to relieve It by eating straw.
The sensation cannot be that OF hunger, else
tie horse would devour his corn; but whilst
be hiss plenty of grain and plenty of litter, the
diminished allowance of hay is borne with
implniy But when a suilicienCy is not OBJ
tanned 10 any shape, the horse loses appetite
sni becomes emaCi1'n3; his bowels are con-
fined Oh, flank is tucked up, and his belly al
ID NOS, disappears; in general he drinks little
W water, and when he takes much he is apt to
W purge. His belly ia often rum5ling, the bow
els spparea,!y containing a large quantity OF
ar, which occasionally produces cclIcky
n pans these horses are very h1a,e - crib BIT
N ns sni wlud-sucking, and it Is certain that
y these diseases are very rare amongst those
u iAai live on bulky food.
Is When the ordinary fodder is very dear, It's
plsce must therefore be supplied by some 9th
er, which will produce a wholesome dsten
z uon OF she stomach, although 1t may not yelt
VI a. much uu,rimeut, straw, roots, either or boil
&W may he used IN such a case; the tucked uT
~ flank, and the horses repeated efforts 10 ca
M litter, show that his food is not OF sulicien
f 5tk 10 sustain nature NJ her operations. AnC
q VIXEN work demands the use of condensed
& food, in horse that has been accustomed L
buhler article, for some time, the change
= must be made by degrees aud withlhe creates
caution, remembering, that coming from gras
Fpi the straw yard, the horse for a lime require
more fodder than would be proper or necessa
b to allow him a, his work, after season.
Now, 1t would appear that the cob, groun,
80 iho corn, would be Just the proper guam
iy Of fodder for mixing with the corn, In
snaeneei food, for almost all purposes AM
Jih0C surely, can be mingled with st NOR
fssilV and conveniently, or So prphiaby a
e cob. which al lhl same lime saves the ex
ense Of Smelling. When therefore, the phi
osophy Of the arrangement becomes better un
ferioo3, we may expect that TO grind In
SOB with tie corn will be the general practice
s9r the feeding Of stock ofall descriptions