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than their bellies well filled with 

 provender." 



But in warm weather it would 

 be best for them, that they should 

 not have the confinement of the 

 halter, nor even of the stable. A 

 small spot of feeding ground, if it 

 were only a few rods, adjoining to 

 the stable, and the door left open, 

 that a horse may go in and out al- 

 ternately as he pleases, would 

 greatly conduce to the health of 

 the animal. This degree of liber- 

 ty will be most needful, when the 

 flies are troublesome ; and be bet- 

 ter for him than confinement to a 

 stable that is perfectly dark. In 

 fly time it gives a horse much 

 ease and comfort to smear his 

 hmbs, neck and head, with rancid 

 fish oil, or something else that will 

 keep the flies from attacking h'un. 

 And in all seasons, when horses 

 have been heated with exercise, 

 they should be well rubbed, or 

 curried. 



When a horse runs in a pasture 

 during the grass season, he should 

 have some shelter, not only a 

 shade to defend him from the in- 

 tense beat of the sun, but a shed, 

 or a clump of trees, that he may 

 retreat from the inclemencies of 

 the atmosphere. 



But horses that are daily work- 

 ed, in summer, should be mostly 

 kept upon green fodder in stables, 

 rather than grazed in pastures. 

 The tendance of them will not be 

 so burdensome, with a spot of high 

 and thick grass at hand, as leading 

 them to and from a pasture, at the 

 distance of a quarter of a mile. 

 This will prevent their being often 

 chilled by feeding in wet nights. 



A large quantity of manure will 

 thus be saved. And a very small 

 quantity of land will answer, in 

 comparison with what it takes for 

 the pasturing of a horse. Keep- 

 ing a sithe and a basket at hand, 

 a horse may be foddered in this 

 way, in two or three minutes ; and 

 by the time that the whole spot 

 has been once mowed over, that 

 which is first cut will be grown up 

 again. Where a number of horses 

 are soiled, a pair of poles, or a 

 hand cart, will be better than a 

 basket to carry the hay to them. 

 This practice, called soiling, an- 

 swers well near to cities and large 

 towns, where lands for pasturage 

 are not plenty ; and where, by 

 means of the plenty of manure, 

 lands may be made to yield the 

 greatest crops of grass. For very 

 thick grass should not be fed off; 

 because the greater part of it will 

 be wasted by the trampling, and 

 the excrements of animals. 



When grain is given to horses 

 it is an economical practice to 

 have it either ground or boiled. 

 When horses are soiled, or fed in 

 a stable on green grass, it should 

 be cut and tarried in during the 

 morning, while the dew is on. 



A disorder, called Ptyalism, has 

 for some years past been gaining 

 ground among horses in various 

 parts of the United States, which 

 is an excessive watering or slaver- 

 ing at the mouth. Various causes 

 have been assigned for this disor- 

 der, but none of them satisfactory. 

 Soiling them, is, however, a cer- 

 tain remedy. 



HORSE HOE, a small light 

 plough, drawn by a single horse, 



