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Title: Horses, saddles and bridles
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Carter, William H. (William Harding), 1851-1925
Subjects: Cavalry Horses
Publisher: Baltimore, Md. : The Lord Baltimore Press, The Friedenwald Company
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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have a fresh, earthy odor, which disappears inthe latter. The taste of new oats is fresh and somewhat milky.The beards are well defined in new oats, but in old oats they areknocked off by the friction of handling, being very brittle. Corn is one of the best foods for producing fat, but that isseldom desirable in saddle horses. It is good in cold climates onaccount of its heat producing qualities. In warm weather it readilyundergoes fermentation, causing derangement of digestion, whichis a prolific source of disease and death in horses. This is partic-ularly the case in early spring. It is fed whole or crushed, thelatter being preferable, particularly for old horses. It should notbe fed mixed with other grains. Barley is seldom received by the government, except in theSouthwest, where it grows to perfection under irrigation. Theanimals there thrive upon it and keep in good, hard flesh underheavy work. It is frequently threshed with horses or sheep, andconsequently very poorly cleaned.
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Figure 124. Blue Stem, or Western Blue Joint. FORAGE 377 Bran is a very valuable component of the forage ration. It isrich in muscle-making constituents, prevents constipation whengiven as a mash, is slow to ferment, easy to digest, makes goodpoultices, and is easy to transport, though bulky. It supplements,but does not take the place of grain. Palay, as unhulled rice is called in the Philippine Islands, wasthe main reliance of the cavalry horses which went out during theearly days of the insurrection. The animals refused it at first,but they soon learned that it contained the necessary qualities tosupply the nutriment needed to keep them up on some of thehardest marches of the whole campaign. The forage supplied animals in the public service varies some-what with locality. Hay, oats, corn, bran, and sometimes barley,are the components of the forage ration in the United States. Inthe Philippine Islands, American horses learned to eat tmhulledrice (palay) and appeared to thrive on it.

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