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can be stated with more exactness than the amount. The animal should 

 be fed three times per day, giving one quarter of the day's allowance at 

 least one hour before going to work in the morning. When the morning's 

 task is over, he should be watered, then fed another quarter of his allow- 

 ance, and watered again on the way to work. When the day's work is 

 done, he hould be watered, then fed the remainder of the food, which will 

 be one-half of his day's allowance. The reason for the large meal at 

 night is because he has now ample time to masticate and digest his food. 

 He should be unharnessed at once, and when the sweat has dried, be 

 given a thorough brushing. A horse cared for in this way will come 

 from the stable full of vim and energy, and ready to attempt any task he 

 may be called on to do. 



MEMORY SELECTIONS. 



Fig. 34. — "Ever changing, ever nczv, 



When 'u'ill the lar,dscii[^e lire the view?" — Jolm Dyer. 



"When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, arc the 

 founders of human civilization." — Daniel Webster. 



"The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on pos- 

 session and use of land." — Emerson. 



"There's a silence in the harvest field, 

 And blackness in the mountain glen, 



And cloud that will not pass away 



From the hill-tops for many a day; 

 And stillness round the homes of men." — Mary Howitt. 



What can you learn about the persons from whose writings the 



above were selected? 



