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will persist in the attack on his manger. A strap buckled 

 tightly round the neck, by compressing the wind-pipe, is the 

 best means of preventing the possibility of this trick; but the 

 strap must be constantly worn, and its pressure is too apt to 

 produce a worse affection, viz., an irritation in the wind-pipe, 

 which terminates in roaring. The only remedy is a muzzle, 

 with bars across the bottom; sufficiently wide to enable the 

 animal to pick up his corn and to pull his hay, but not to 

 grasp the edge of the manger. If this is worn for a consid- 

 erable period, the horse may be tired of attempting that 

 which he cannot accomplish, and for a while forget the habit, 

 but, in a majority of cases, the desire of crib-biting will re- 

 turn with the power of gratifying it. The causes of crib- 

 biting are various and some of them beyond the control of 

 the proprietor of the horse. 



WIND-SUCKING. 



This bears a close analogy to crib-biting. The horse 

 stands with his neck bent; his head drawn inward; his lips al- 

 ternately a little opened and then closed, and a noise is heard 

 as if he were sucking. This diminishes the value of the horse 

 almost as much as crib-biting; it is as contagious, and it is 

 as inveterate. The only remedies are tying the head up, ex- 

 cept when the horse is feeding, or putting on a muzzle with 

 sharp spikes towards the neck, and which will prick him 

 whenever he attempts to rein his head in for the purpose of 

 wind-sucking. 



CUTTING. 



Of this habit, we would advise the owner of a cutting 

 horse, without trying any previous experiments of raising 

 or lowering the heels, to put on the cutting foot a shoe of 

 even thickness from heel to toe, not projecting in the slightest 

 degree beyond the crust, and the crust itself being rasped a 

 little at the quarters. The shoe should be fastened as 

 usual, on the outside, but with only one nail on the inside, 

 and that almost close to the toe. 



NOT LYING DOWN, 



It happens that a horse will seldom lie down in the 

 stable. He continues in apparent good health, and feeds 

 and works well; but his legs swell, and he becomes fatigued 



