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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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ls had been turned loose in a pasture or corral. Asthe government charters animal transports, the experience gainedcannot be made as available as has been the case on the passengertransports owned by the United States. The consensus of opinion of the officers who have reported onvarious voyages, is that a certain routine of feeding, watering andcare will answer for the average animal transport in ordinaryweather, and that an adherence to prescribed rules will keep theanimals in good condition for service. The officer in charge, how-ever, should use his judgment when things do not go right, andif it be a question of ship management, consult the captain, and if 394 HORSES, SADDLES AND BRIDLES it pertains to the feeding and care of the animals, or of any indi-vidual animal, such correction as can be applied should be donewhether specified in his instructions or not. For short voyages and where the animals are to go immediatelyon service, thev mav be shod before loading:. When the vovasre
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Figure 130. Leading animals from the main deck to lower compartments. will occupy a month or more it is not desirable to shoe, as the hoofswill increase in length to such an extent in that time that it willbe necessary to replace the shoes after landing. The day previous to embarkation the animals should be fedbran mash. For the first thirtv-six hours at sea the full ration of TRANSPORTATION OF HORSES BY RAIL AND AT SEA 395 hay should be fed but no grain. After this period, half ration ofoats (six pounds) should be given, but if large animals show signsof losing flesh, their feed should be increased. It will not do toapply an inflexible rule to feeding animals, for a small horse orpack mule will keep fat on an allowance which will cause the ribsof a large animal to show prominently. If the animals clean up thehav an extra allowance should be given during the night. Branmashes should be given at intervals of three or four days, and ifintestinal disorders follow the feeding of oats, a w

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