THE KIND OF STOCK TO BUY 



side, and he could have sold them any day for 

 five or six hundred dollars a pair. 



We are very apt to forget in feeding our 

 horses that they have a smaller stomach, in pro- 

 portion to their size, than any other domestic 

 animals. Also that horses should never be 

 watered after eating, for it has a tendency to 

 wash all the food out of their stomachs. There 

 is another point worth remembering — that is, 

 don't hurry the horses through their meals. 

 Give them a chance to digest their food before 

 using them. And see that their teeth are al- 

 ways in good condition. 



Horses, unlike human beings, are born with 

 teeth ready for use. This is perhaps unfor- 

 tunate, because their owners are apt to think 

 that because the teeth are already there they 

 needn't think about them; whereas, it is quite 

 as important to care for the teeth of foals as for 

 those of children. 



The horse has thirty-six or forty teeth, ac- 

 cording to the sex of the animal; these are di- 

 vided into three groups — the incisors, the 



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