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Show '. 8 I I III ' HI II MINIMI I BAD DIET FOJt HOUSES. Stalo Drond Will Not Do no Roati lnr Para Tli Inllurn nf llruakljn llnkrr'a I'liin for Uiilnff burpllm I'mvrA-Sninc I'mvrA-Sninc Fct for Mtock ' Irwtler. One iluy a man unx stnnding iiloiiff-nldo iiloiiff-nldo n biff furnncc door lu n bolccr; ubere tona of brend Is mixed and bnked dully. Aa ho uluod there bo meditated, mill well lie mlfrht, for Ionca of lircod wore bcliiff tliroun into tbo furnncc. They were atalc lo.nc which lind been lelurned by dcalera, nnd burning unit t tic cheapest way of disposing of thn i The idea came to him of relllug the bread to I.onj.' Isljud farmera to ficd to pigs and chlrkens. Some nf It In now tlixwd of lu Ihln uny, but n lot lennlnod. Then (mother Idcn occurred l him. Ho bud o!)icrcd time nnd ngnlu that pot lioraoa enjoyed u crust from lu liimda of their lnnsU'ra mid mlstrcasea lie rend horse mid stock books nnd found cniialdcrnlilc informiitlon for HlocU-owners. particularly liiirac-own-rra, on (ho desirability of cooked food. It printed the clnluia of a Chlcvi(ro cixilicd (Tniln coneeni, uhteh H.nld that couked and ground feed nun mueli moro pnlntnbin than the uncooked, being much easier to mnstlcntc. The hard, dry coloring of grain, when ati'inncd nnd ground, becoinex lis nutrl-tlnim nutrl-tlnim na other pnrta, nnd thu rntirr grain la digested, tlnm snlug "0 or SO per cent, of Hi" grain, nnd ulro murli energy. The iiropci- enrr of n horse's stmnnch liionus n good benlthy horw In most cufoR. nnd good, cosily digested foixl tnenns a heiiltby stomach. Then, too, he loomed Hint Ilobcrt llonner Is acciistci-icd lo giio bix liorv-H a hot supper nt nine o'clock In tlieeonliig :i suppir of mo (jiinrta of (Killed onto Mr. Ilonner'a horses get two quarts of oiitH nt c.ieti feeding, nnd the feeding are ill (hi- o'clock lu Die morning, then nine, tlir-ii one, nnd nt 11 rn o'clock p, m ten xiundH ot hay forcnchliorsc. Then cornea Hie hot Mippcr. The German mmy borwi bad long been eating cooked food, mid tbeao lioraoa had nnveil fat nnd strong, like jxirrldgc fed glmit.s. The (Icriiian nrmy horses arc giants in the horse lino slnco they bale had conked food. Now, the mnu reasoned, if atcwed nntH, mid hot lirnn mnali, or shorts nnd liny tea were, so good for horses, whj enuhln't lirrnil be foil to them? It could be nnd was. The hist was glwn i'i John SIiiiIIo'h lwikcry alnbles ocr in llrooklyn u r.liort time ngo. Urea 1 w ns not n fiiioccsH so far ns lioii-c ftcd Ing wont. Dry brend, with Itsonrbonlc acid gnu, bnd the Mime effect on horses Hint green npplea lme on dmiill boys Sonic of the horses Kvslllol ivfuw d In csil the hIiiIT, nnd those that did cnt itailffeied from colic. Thehorsrs werv foil on bread for nliout ten months in connection with n short allowance of oats, hny, mid cut liny. A good deal of tbo bread wns disponed of, but the horses were pretty uenrly dono for, too. They wero wenk nnd dejected, and lu spite of fine grooming looked miserable, nnd they haeii'l- got over the effect of the brend diet yet, although al-though they nro picking up now on tho regulation oats nnd buy. I'otntocs, carrots nod other roots are fed to horses for u change. Even tin swell horfes of llch people get tbo plcbel.in dishes, a little better In quality, quali-ty, perhaps, being free of mold nnd nt lenat a year old, but sno for this difference dif-ference tin-, food is the Mime, nnd the horses would not likb any change. A.O. Ileuiictt, who Is an expert In the inntlcr of horso.i, sn.is that work horse'i havo got lo lm oatit meaning by work horses nil that go Into harness. Olhcrwif-c the horses break down under the strain. The farmer who has grass-fed grass-fed horses cannot get the winio work out of them us the man who foods lih hoisca on oats. N". y. Bun. |