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the team is working hard, the harness ought to bo 

 removed at the noon hour. The horse should be well 

 cleaned every day with a good brush. The curry-^ 

 comb is harsh and jiainful, especially when used by 

 rough hands. 



A Pleasant Home. The horse's home or stable 

 should be kept clean. It needs to be light, but the 

 windows must not be where th^ horse will look into 

 them, for this will injure his eyes, as it does yours 

 when you sit facing a window. The horse barn 

 should also have good air. If the barn is made very 

 warm, a window should always be open where the 

 draft will not strike the animals. 



Shoeing the Horse. Many horseshoers do not un- 

 derstand their trade, and so they injure the feet of 

 tlie horse. Sometimes they put on shoes that are too 

 big, and this stretches the hoof too much. A very 

 small shoe pinches and makes corns. Some pare 

 the sole too much, and others even use the knife on 

 tlie frog, which is a great injury to the foot. As the 

 hoof is growing all the time, just as a man's finger- 

 nails grow, the shoes need to be changed often, so 

 they will not pinch the foot. 



One Lesson at a Time. In breaking colts it is 

 better not to try to teach them too much at one time. 

 One of the first lessons is to ''halter-break'' the 

 young colt. This should be done while he is still 

 a suckling. A strong, well-fitting halter is placed 

 on him, and he is tied short to a post near to his 

 mother. A colt should always be tied firmly, for if 



