Stag-hounds, fox-hounds, harriers, and beagles, are generally fed on oatmeal,--some add well-boiled flesh to it once in two days,--and the older the meal is the better.
Well-boiled greens--or mangel-wurzel boiled to a jelly--are an excellent addition to the food of all dogs, and may be given twice a-week; but they ought to be discontinued during the shooting-season with pointers, setters, cockers, and greyhounds; and also during the hunting season with foxhounds, harriers, and beagles, as they are apt to render the bowels too open for hard work.