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ever their nutritious quality varies much; 3.‘Phe due and regular supply ot food, at all periods of their life, and in all sea- sons; 4. A proper or full allowance of drink; and, 5. The more constant or oc- casional use of condiments, calculated either to excite the action of the stomach and digesting organs, or otherwise to fa- vour the resolution or assimilation of the food.

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trough or manger, may be of use in another view, besides the saving thereby obtained. When fed with coarse and fine food separately supplied to them, they are apt to pine over the former, and to swallow down unchewed the latter, deriving small benefit from it. This last mischief is very

certain to happen, if two animals eat together out of the

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occasions a very unprofitable competition and haste in eat-

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ing, one animal often getting too much and the other too

little. It is not unlikely what some allege, that, by mix-

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nearly one eighth or one tenth more.

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