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PURCHASING BEDDING. 



Horses that eat their bedding 

 may be prevented from continuing 

 the habit by the use of a muzzle (see 

 Fig. 208) or a strong solution of 

 aloes sprinkled on such parts of the 

 straw as are within the reach of the 

 animal's head. For those horses 

 which destroy their bed by pawing 

 the only efficient preventative is the 

 use of hobbles. (See Fig. 209.) 



PURCHASING BEDDING. 



In purchasing bedding a choice 

 should be made of the various kinds of 

 straw, peat moss, shavings or leaves. 



The purchase of any one of these 

 articles is made by bales at so many 

 pounds to each bale. It matters 

 little of what size these bales are, if 

 the weight and price per hundred 

 weight are given. Care must be 



FIG. 208. 



FIG. 209. 



taken, however, to see that the qual- 

 ity and weight are as represented. 

 Wheat, oat and rye straw are 

 dearest in the spring, in conse- 

 quence of the cost incident to 

 storage ; the prices of the other 

 articles of bedding are more sta- 

 tionary. The price of wheat straw 

 varies between ^18 and $25 per 

 ton. Peat moss costs ^10 per ton, 

 and shavings about the same. Rye 



