33 HAY SEED, OR HOW TO 



the beds, if you have to buy the lumber; then fix up the 

 things you have brought in their respective places; you 

 want a clothesline to go around the stalls to hang the 

 blankets on. You will have no trouble about buying 

 what feed you want, nearly all the tracks now furnish 

 nay and straw free. If you have shipped by rail (which 

 is always the way to move, if you don't go more than 

 twenty-five miles, unless you go with the horse yourself), 

 don't hook up your horse until the next morning; you 

 may give him his regular evening walk and let him get 

 all the rest he can. Do not change the feeding time or 

 manner of feeding or kind of feed from what you have 

 been using all the time, and observe what the character 

 of the water is and how it varies from the water at home, 

 and govern your actions accordingly. Get a place to 

 board as near as possible to your horses, so that you can 

 go to your meals and leave your man or men in charge 

 of the stable till you gel back ; never leave your horses 

 alone, even if you lock the stalls; there is no necessity 

 for doing it if you have men you cm rely upon, and if 

 you have not, get different ones. You are out to make 

 a dollar if you can with your horses and you will need to 

 attend strictly to business. Don't try to drink up all the 

 ".Conversation Water" that comes in your way; that has 

 been tried by some very hardy individuals of my ac- 

 quaintance, and no man ever lived to accomplish it. In 

 short, conduct yourself just as well as though you had 

 your wife along with you, and set a good example for 

 your men, it will have its effect and accrue to your bene- 

 fit invariably. 



