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liitelied up. Very few words or signals should be 

 used, for a horse has far less brains than a dog. 

 *'Whoa'' should always mean to stop. ** Steady'' 

 is the word when we wish the team to go more 

 slowly. "Back" should be used only when we wish 

 the team to move backwards. 



Kindness Pays. ^ ' The merciful man is merciful to 

 his beast," and the well-treated horse repays his 

 master's patience and good care. Horses, like all 

 farm animals, should be kindly and gently handled. 

 Jerking and whipping do harm to the horse, and 

 this means a money loss to the farmer. 



(QUESTIONS 



(1) How do we know that the horse lived in the cave 

 man's time? (2) What were horses first used for? (3) 

 What difference did the horse make in the life of the In- 

 dian? (4) Why did men want a draft horse? (5) 

 What is taking his place in the cities ? (6) Do you think 

 that machinery will ever entirely take the place of the 

 horse? (7) Why or why not? (8) Are coach horses 

 increasing in the city streets or decreasing? (9) Why? 

 (10) Why should the horse be hitched low to a heavy 

 load? (11) What types of horses have been developed 

 in America? (12) Why does a horse need different 

 kinds of food? (13) How do you break a colt? (14) 

 In what ways is machinery relieving the horse on the 

 farm? (15) Make questions of your own on each chap- 

 ter. (16) Have the class answer them. 



For exercises, problems and experiments on each chap- 

 ter, refer to the Appendix. 



