Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1873 — Soup for Horses. [ARTICLE]

Soup for Horses.

Joseph Harris relates the following in the Agriculturist: ; ' This summer my horses got badly run down. We fed them liberally but they did hot get well. They had ho appetite, no digestion, and no strength and spirit. They came home at noon and night fagged out, and their night’s rest did not refresh them. I sawed a barrel in two, and placed the ends on the platform of the pump. These are for watering the horses. Into one of them we put a pailCfirnmeal and mixed it with the water. The horses at first did not like it, and would only drink a little when very thirsty. After they drank what they would they were allowed pure water. In a tew days, however they drank this cornmeal soup with a rellish, and ip less than a week there was a decided change for the better in the appearance of the horses. We ck> not let them eat the meal, but merely let them drink the milky water. I have no doubt that it is as good for them as a plate of good soup is for a tired and hungry man before dinner. It seems to stimulate the appetite and aid digestion. . . It is a capital thing for cows its well as horses, blit is not so easy a matter to give it to the cows, as they soon learn to stick their heads into the water up to their horns to get the meal that settles at the bottom. It is necessary to have a large trough with a false bottom.