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horses, and to a species difficult of treatment and fre- 

 quently dangerous. This is a bad habit, and very 

 annoying to the owner of a horse. Various remedies 

 have been tried, such as ironing the manger, par- 

 titions, etc. I know of no certain cure but an iron 

 muzzle, with bars just wide enough apart to allow the 

 horse to pick up his grain and draw out his hay with 

 his tongue, but not to get hold of anything with his 

 teeth. Common bar soap is a preventive, which is to 

 be rubbed on the edge and outside of the crib, and 

 renewed as often as necessary. If this habit is not 

 broken, it will soon be imitated by every horse in the 

 stable. 



WIND-SUCKING. 



This bears a close analogy to crib-biting. It arises 

 from the same causes, the same purpose is accom- 

 plished, and the same results follow. The horse stands 

 with his neck bent, his lips alternately a little opened 

 and then closed, and a noise is heard as if he were 

 sucking. If we may judge from the same comparative 



