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ANIMAL MANAGEMENT. 



nt night and no other covering is provided, then it must be left off in the 

 day and vice versa. 



The back should be rubbed to keep the hair from matting, and 

 retaining dust and mud. Further grooming is not practicable on 

 service. 



A daily inspection of the stripped back should be carried out, before 

 the animals go to graze. 



In hot weather, clipping is advisable if it can be carried out ; it 

 materially assists in maintaining condition and preventing exhaustion. 



On returning from graze, or on completion of the evening march, the 

 whole of the grain feed should be given. Feeding from nosebags 

 prevents waste, and animals soon become accustomed to it. Failing this. 



Fig. 57. 



The 



halting 



place. 



The 

 formaticn. 



each camel should be fed separately and not from a heap, common to 

 several animals : this method leading to gluttonous feeding. Timid 

 and slow feeders do not get their share, and the bullies gorge themselves 

 and sometimes get fatal colic and stomach staggers as a consequence. 



The haliiJii!^ place should be ( hosen where the ground is level and 

 clean. Hard sand is suitable. Any stones likely to interfere with the 

 animals resting comfortably, or damage their breast pads, must be 

 removed. 



llie formaiio7i may be in lines, with sufficient space between them 

 for inspection purposes ; or if the space permits, in ovals with heads 

 inwards. This latter is the usual native method, and where fodder is 

 given at night it is good from an economical point of view. 



