All these, with few exceptions, have for many years been fed in the same way, and upon the same articles as at present. In general they receive three or four feeds per day, consisting of oats and beans, unbroken and uncooked. The quantity varies from 12 to 16 pounds; and the fodder, of which hay is the only kind, is rarely limited. It is not cut. During the summer some grass is given, and in winter it is customary to give a large bran-mash instead of grain, once a week, generally on Saturday night if the horse be idle on Sunday. The horses that stand in the streets are fed threw times in the stable, and get some grain and hay in the yoke.

In large posting and omnibus studs some alteration has ta-ken place. 1 he horses are fed according to that system which has been most extensively adopted by large coach proprietors.