text:  He wished that some measure could be devised for superseding the use of nosebags which he designated as an intolerable nuisance especially during the summer months; but he principally relied for an improvement in condition on the prohibition of the mixture of chaff with oats; which latter article he contended was unfit for the use of able-bodied horses who earned their daily food and ought to be limited to those cattle who spent an idle existence in straw-yards