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horse in cold weather, or even in the cool weather of Spring and 

 Autumn, when standing after being driven. A horse should 

 always be blanketed when standing in a draft, or in the rain, 

 using a cloth or rubber blanket as the case may be. In blanket- 

 ing a horse, see that the blanket is suflBciently large to cover the 

 animal from the neck to the tail, see also that the breast flaps 

 are sufficient to protect this sensitive part, and that the blanket 

 is large enough to cover the sides and flank fully. If not do not 

 buy it at any price. 



XIV. Proper Tools for the Stable. 



The tools necessary for cleaning a horse properly may be very 

 few or many. As a rule any horse may be properly cleaned 

 with a scraper, a curry comb, a brush, a sponge, a comb, a wisp 

 of straw, and a rubbing cloth. Horse pails both for washing the 

 horse and for watering are indispensable to any stable but never 

 use one for the other. These should be of oak, half an inch 

 thick, and with strong iron bails, and to hold fourteen quarts. 

 Every stable should have two manure forks, one of steel and on* 

 of wood; splint broom, a scoop shovel, and a wheel-barrow. 



