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NOSEBAG. 



(Plate V.) 



The parts of the nosebag are — 

 1 body. 

 1 bottom. 



1 headband with reinforce. 

 1 buckle and chape. 

 1 ventilator. 

 The body is made of No. 9 olive-drab cotton duck, hemmed at the 

 top and stitched to the bottom, wliich, to resist wear, is made of two 

 thicknesses of russet harness leather. 



The headband, made of l§-inch olive-drab cotton halter webbing, 

 with No. brass gromets, is fastened to top of off side of nosebag 

 by stitcliing and one yV-inch tubular iron rivet, while a IJ-inch iron 

 roller buckle, brown japan finish, with chape of olive-drab cotton 

 halter webbing, is fastened in the same manner to near side of nosebag. 

 The ventilator, made of russet collar leather, 7 to 8 ounces per 

 square foot, is sewed to front side of nosebag and then perforated with 

 J-inch holes, as shown. The letters "U. S.", Ih inches high, are 

 stenciled on body of nosebag above ventilator. 



HORSE BRUSH. 



(Plate v.) 



The body, oval in shape, consists of a top or veneer piece and a 

 sufficient number of thicknesses of scrap leather resulting from other 

 manufactures, glued together, making a thickness of 0.53 inch. It is 

 drilled with 510 holes 0.132 inch in diameter, wliich are filled \\dth an 

 excellent grade of Okatka or Turkish bristles drawn with a 0.016-inch 

 soft brass wire. After the brush is dra^vn, the veneer piece is glued 

 on and hand strap and veneer piece are stitched to body, as shown. 

 The hand strap is embossed with the letters "U. S." within an oval 

 and stitching reinforced by four f-inch tubular iron rivets and caps. 



CURRYCOMB. 



(Plate V.) 



The parts are — 



1 back. 



4 tooth bars. 



1 dust iron. 



1 hook iron. 



1 strap. 



1 hook. 

 The back is made of two thicknesses of russet collar leather, 7 to 8 

 ounces j)er s(|uare foot, gluetl together and stitched, as shown. 



