In some parts of India, especially in Eastern Bengal, unhusked rice, which is commonly called paddy (Hind., Dhan), is often given to horses after it has been kept for a year. In a raw and unbroken state it forms a fairly good food, which is much improved by being mixed with gram and bran, in the proportion of, say one of bran, two of gram, and four of rice. Rice being poor in nitrogenous matter, is improved by an addition of gram. Rice from which the husk has been removed is unsuitable for horses, owing to its poverty in fibre and mineral matter.

Rice-water (Hind., Kanjee) is useful in cases of undue looseness of the bowels. It may be prepared by boiling a pound of rice in two gallons of water for a couple of hours. If time be of consequence, and boiled rice be at hand, a sufficient quantity may be taken and well mashed between the fingers in warm water, the whole being brought to the boil, and then allowed to cool.