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this custom, for it is apt to make horses " stand over," 

 and to encourage them to eat their beds. One modern 

 improvement which we strongly urge our readers to 

 use is an enamelled basin or water-trough, which can 

 be bought and fixed in a stall or loose-box at a trifling 

 cost, so that the horse can drink when he is thirsty. 

 The habit of giving horses their water out of a 

 bucket at stated intervals is barbarous. One might 

 as well tell a groom to drink his allowance of 

 beer at a draught as another groom wanted the 

 jug. The stomach of a horse is not like the boiler 

 of an engine, though many people fail to see the 

 difference. 



There should be no cupboards in a stable, only 

 shelves, on which nothing but the actual grooming 

 utensils should be placed, and a peg for the dung 

 basket. Where carriage horses are kept, another 

 peg, or two pegs, are necessary, upon which to hang 

 harness, while harnessing or unharnessing. Every- 

 thing except the actual grooming utensils should be 

 kept in the saddle-room. We even object to the 

 presence of a corn bin in the stable. 



We take the following list of necessary stable 

 utensils from Major Fisher's work, already referred 

 to. The list is composed for a stable of one or two 

 horses. 



One stable fork . 

 One bass broom . 

 Three birch brooms 

 One wheelbarrow . 

 One shovel 



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