242 CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. 



IV. Cruelty and Improvidence vs. Thrift and Kindness. 



The cruel or improvident man's team stands exposed to flies, or shiv- 

 ering in the street of the village, while the man is guzzling beer or whis- 

 key close by. They stand in their own filth at home, uncleaned, as they 

 are half fed. The team of the kind and thrifty master stands in the sta- 

 ble at home, eating generous provender, when not at labor on the farm, 

 or hauling heavy loads of produce to the market. The animals do not 



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lack blankets when necessary. They have no bony shoulders to be galled. 

 They are not jerked about by the bits, nor are they lashed or beaten with 

 a club while at work. They have simply been trained to obedience, and 

 have been taught something of the English language. 



In the streets of our large cities we can see plenty of such teams as we 

 have described, teams both of the cruel and the provident master. On 

 the average farm, we see none of the first kind. They are, happily, con- 

 fined mainly to a rare class, shiftless, drunken squatters on waste land, 



